William A. Wheeler

@19th Vice President of the U.s.a, Family and Childhood

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Jun 30, 1819

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Personal Details

  • Birthday: June 30, 1819
  • Died on: June 4, 1887
  • Nationality: American
  • Famous: 19th Vice President of the U.s.a, Leaders, Political Leaders
  • Known as: William Wheeler
  • Universities:
    • University of Vermont
  • Birth Place: Malone

William A. Wheeler born at

Malone

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Birth Place

In September 1845, Wheeler married one of his former students, Mary King. The couple remained together until Mary’s deathin 1876.

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Personal Life

After completing his term as Vice President of United States, Wheeler took retirement from public life due to his deteriorating health. He died on June 4, 1887, at his home in Malone, New York, U.S., at the age of 67, and was interred next to his wife in the Morningside Cemetery, Malone.

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Personal Life

William Almon Wheeler was born on June 30, 1819, in Malone, New York, U.S.A, to Almon Wheeler, an attorney and local postmaster, and his wife, Eliza Woodworth.

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Childhood & Early Life

After Almon’s death at the age of 37, when William was just eight years old, Eliza took in students from the nearby Franklin Academy as tenants to support the family.

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Childhood & Early Life

Along with receiving early education from the Franklin academy, Wheeler worked as a farmer and saved money for college. At the age of 19, he got enrolled at the University of Vermont in Burlington, where he studied for the next two years but eventually dropped out without graduating due to financial constraints.

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After giving up his graduation degree, Wheeler returned to Malone and started teaching at a school. Subsequently, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845, and started his legal practice in Malone.

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Career

In 1846, Wheeler was appointed the District Attorney of Franklin County, a position he retained until 1849. Subsequently, he joined the Whig Party and served as a member of the New York State Assembly from Franklin County between 1850 and 1851, chairing the ways and means committee.

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Later, Wheeler switched to the newly organized Republican Party and became a member of the New York State Senate from the 17th District in 1858. Subsequently, he was elected its president pro tempore where he served for a year.

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In March 1861, Wheeler became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th district and was elected as a Republican to the 37th United States Congress, where he remained until March 1863.

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From June 1867 to February 1868, he served as the President of the New York State Constitutional Convention.In 1868, Wheeler again won the election and became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district, where he chaired the Committee on Pacific Railroads.

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In 1875, upon being re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and becoming a member of the 44th U.S. Congress, Wheeler was appointed to a committee investigating a disputed election in Louisiana. Subsequently,he authored the well-known ‘Wheeler Compromise’ through which hthe problems between opposing political parties in the state were resolved.With this compromise,administrative control of the state was shared between the Democratic and Republican parties.

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