Biography

12/18/1881 - 03/18/1952

William Wayne Hindman, Sr. (D26) Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk and Forest Counties 1915-1918

Early Life:

William Wayne Hindman, Sr., born December 18, 1881 Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; son of Judge William Alexander and Margaret Shallenberger Hindman; Clarion public school education; Kiskiminetas Spring School (now Kiski School), Saltsburg, Pennsylvania; Princeton University; admitted to practice law, attorney, Clarion County, 1907; director, Citizens' Trust Company, Clarion, Pennsylvania; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1915-1918; honorary Vice-President, Democratic National Convention, 1916; engaged, banking, lumbering, farming; married, Virginia Stone, children, Elizabeth "Bettie" Stone Hindman, William Wayne Hindman, Jr.; died, March 18,1952, cremated, ashes scattered. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 26th district, Cameron, Clarion, Clinton, Elk and Forest Counties, 1915-1918; committee assignments, Appropriations, Canals and Inland Navigation, Congressional Apportionment, Exposition Affairs, Federal Relations, Judicial Apportionment, Judiciary General, Legislative Apportionment.

Honorary Vice-President, Democratic National Convention, 1916.

Legacy:

Father, William Alexander Hindman, President Judge of Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Kiskiminetas Springs School, oldest remaining non-military all-boys boarding school in the United States.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1918). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1084, 1091-1094, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1062. 

The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hillidge to Hinerman