William E. Haynes

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William Elisha Haynes
William E. Haynes 1909b.jpg
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Preceded byJacob Romeis
Succeeded byRobert E. Doan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded byHenry Lee Morey
Succeeded byGeorge W. Wilson
Personal details
Born(1829-10-19)October 19, 1829
Hoosick Falls, New York
DiedDecember 5, 1914(1914-12-05) (aged 85)
Fremont, Ohio
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Maria H. Harmon
Childrenthree
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/service United States Army
Union Army
Years of serviceApril 16, 1861 – April 12, 1864[1]
RankUnion Army LTC rank insignia.png Lieutenant colonel
Unit
  • Ohio 8th Ohio Infantry
  • Ohio 10th Ohio Cavalry

William Elisha Haynes (October 19, 1829 – December 5, 1914) was an American Civil War veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1889 to 1893. He was a cousin of George William Palmer.

Early life and career[]

Born in Hoosick Falls, New York, Haynes moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) in 1839. He attended the common schools. Apprenticed as a printer.

He worked at the Sandusky Clarion and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.[2]

He served as clerk on a steamer on Lake Superior in 1848 and 1849. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Fremont 1850–1856. Auditor of Sandusky County, Ohio from 1856 to 1860.

Civil War[]

Enlisted in the Union Army as a private April 16, 1861, in the Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Commissioned captain and served in western Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, and in the Army of the Potomac until November 1862, when he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served with it in the Army of the Cumberland until 1864, when he was honorably discharged.

Political career[]

He served as collector of internal revenue for the ninth district of Ohio in 1866 and 1867. He again engaged in mercantile pursuits 1866–1873. He engaged in banking 1873–1914.

He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1880 and 1884.[citation needed]

Congress[]

Haynes was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Later career and death[]

He resumed banking in Fremont, Ohio, in which he continued until his death there on December 5, 1914. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery (Fremont, Ohio). Haynes was married to Maria H. Harmon of Fremont on February 8, 1855. They had children named Julia M., William P., and George W. Haynes.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Reid, Whitelaw (1895). "10th Ohio Cavalry". Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. 2. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company. p. 814.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Meek, Basil, ed. (1909). Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Pub. Co. pp. 644–647.

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