Biography

03/15/1856 - 01/17/1914

William Henry Hines (D21) Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties 1889-1892

Early Life: 

William Henry Hines, born, March 15, 1856, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York; attended, Wyoming Seminary; moved, Hanover Township, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1865; miner; teacher; attorney-at-law, 1881-1914; appointed, town clerk, Hanover Township, 1876; elected, assessor, Hanover Township, 1877; elected, National Greenback, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1878; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1880; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1882; not a candidate for reelection, 1884; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1884; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate 1889-1892; not a candidate for reelection, 1892; elected, Fifty-third United States Congress 1893-1895; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Fifty-fourth Congress, 1894; president, Pocono Water Company; unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1911, 1913; died, January 17, 1914, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, town clerk, Hanover Township, 1876; elected, assessor, Hanover Township, 1877.

Elected, National Greenback, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1878; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1880; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1882; not a candidate for reelection, 1884.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1884.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate 1889-1892, not a candidate for reelection, 1892. Member, Education, Judiciary Local, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining and Public Printing Committees.

Unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1911, 1913

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Fifty-third United States Congress, Pennsylvania 12th congressional district, 1893-1895, unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Fifty-fourth Congress, 1894.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6631&body=H

Cited: 

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1892) Cochran, T.B., Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 651, 687 and 693-695.