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"Big-Eyed Bill" Goes to Capitol Hill: William B. Allison William B. Allison (1825-1908) represented Iowa in Congress longer than any other Iowan—43 years. Allison wasn't always a Hawkeye. He was born a Buckeye, growing up on a farm in what is now Ashland County, Ohio. Church and school were probably Allison's two most important childhood interests. His classmates called him "Big-Eyed Bill ...
Jane Allison, wife of William Ross of Greene County, Tennessee, has unfortunately been considered somewhat of an enigma. The issues certainly begin with her current grave marker, which was placed in 1974 nearly 150 years after her death. This is a discussion of her potential Allison family.
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7878870. Source citation. US Congressman, US Senator. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa State Militia during the Civil War, and assisted Governor Samuel J. Kirkland in raising regiments for the Union Army. He was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 3rd Congressional District in the United ...
Allison, William Boyd. –lawyer, state Republican Party leader, U.S. representative, and longtime U.S. senator —was born near Ashland, Ohio, the second of three sons of John Allison, a farmer, and Margaret (Williams) Allison. His parents had moved to Ohio from Pennsylvania, part of a larger long-term Scots-Irish westward migration.
ALLISON, WILLIAM BOYD, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Perry, Ohio, March 2, 1829; attended country schools, the academy in Wooster, Ohio, and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; graduated from Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio (now in Cleveland), in 1849; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Ashland, Ohio; unsuccessful candidate for district ...
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Although he was born in Ashland County, Ohio, William Boyd Allison served Iowa as a U.S. representative and senator for 43 years. After helping to found the Ohio Republican Party, but losing a bid for prosecuting attorney for Ashland County, Allison moved to Iowa in 1857. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representa- tives in 1862 and served four terms. In 1872 Allison succeeded in his bid ...
