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An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
SULZER, William, (brother of Charles August Sulzer),
a Representative from New York; born in Elizabeth, N.J., March 18,
1863; attended the public schools and Columbia College, New York City; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in New York City;
member of the State assembly 1889-1894; speaker in 1893; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions in 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1912;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to December 31, 1912; chairman,
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sixty-second Congress); resigned, having been
elected Governor of New York for the term commencing January 1, 1913, and
served until October 18, 1913, when he was removed from office; elected as an
independent to the State assembly November 4, 1913; independent candidate for
Governor in 1914; declined the nomination for President in 1916 by the American
Party; engaged in the practice of law in New York City until his death there
November 6, 1941; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, N.J.
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