William Dorsheimer
| William Dorsheimer | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
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| Preceded by | P. Henry Dugro |
| Succeeded by | John J. Adams |
| Lieutenant Governor of New York | |
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In office 1875–1879 |
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| Governor |
Samuel J. Tilden Lucius Robinson |
| Preceded by | John C. Robinson |
| Succeeded by | George Gilbert Hoskins |
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February 5, 1832 Lyons, Wayne County, New York |
| Died | March 26, 1888 (aged 56) Savannah, Georgia |
| Political party |
Whig Democratic |
| Education | Phillips Andover Academy |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
William Dorsheimer (February 5, 1832 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York – March 26, 1888 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia) was an American lawyer, journalist and politician.
He was the son of Philip Dorsheimer. He was educated in common schools, then at Phillips Andover Academy, and then studied at Harvard College from 1849 to 1851. He left Harvard without graduating because of a protracted illness. After leaving Harvard, he settled in Buffalo, New York, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1854.
In 1859, he formed a partnership with Solomon G. Haven. Also in 1859, Harvard awarded Dorsheimer the honorary degree of Master of Arts. In politics, he began as a Democrat, joined the Republican Party in 1856, and in 1860 again supported the Republican ticket. In 1861, he joined the Union Army as an aide-de-camp with the rank of major and served on the staff of General John C. Frémont, but at the close of the Missouri campaign Dorsheimer returned to civil life, and published a series of articles in the Atlantic Monthly entitled “Frémont's Hundred Days in Missouri.”
From 1867 to 1871, as a Republican, he was United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York.
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