Biography

03/10/1834 - 10/16/1878

Captain William M Randall (D9) Schuylkill County 1865-1871 (D10) Schuylkill County 1872 -1873

Early Life:

Captain William M Randall, born March 10, 1832 , Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; West Point; appointed, United States District Attorney of Oregon Territory, 1860; Captain, Emergency Militia Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign, 1863; Burgess, Schuylkill Haven 1863; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1865-1873; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1876; unsuccessful campaign, Independent Candidate, United States Congress 1874; clerk, Board of Mine Inspectors, 1877-1878; died, gangrened lung, October 16, 1878, Mount Caramel, interment, Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Appointed, United States District Attorney of Oregon Territory resigned 1860.

Captain, Emergency Militia Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign, 1863.

Pennsylvania Politics:  

Burgess, Schuylkill Haven 1863.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9^th district, Schuylkill County, 1865-1871; committee assignments, Compare Bills, Corporations, Divorces, Military Affairs and Mines and Mining.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10^th district, Schuylkill County, 1872-1873; Committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation, New Counties and County Seats, Railroads and Roads and Bridges.

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1876.

Unsuccessful campaign, Independent Candidate, United States Congress 1874.

Clerk, Board of Mine Inspectors, 1877-1878.

Cited:

Smull, J.A., (1871) Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 427, 430 and 436-438.

Smull, J.A., (1873) Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 514, 517 and 522-524.

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Wednesday October 16, 1878, Page 1

Reading Times (Reading, Pennsylvania) Thursday October 17, 1878, Page 1

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