William Higby
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William Higby (August 18, 1813 – November 27, 1887) was a 19th-century American politician, a Republican, a lawyer, a district attorney, a judge, a newspaper editor, and a United States representative from California, serving three terms, from 1863 to 1869.
Biography
Higby was born in Willsboro, New York. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm and worked in the lumber and iron business. He attended a preparatory school in Westport, New York and was graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840, where he was a founding member of the Lambda Iota Society.[1][2] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, New York.
Career
Higby moved to California in 1850 and settled in Calaveras County. After an unsuccessful attempt in the mining business, he resumed the practice of law and was a district attorney from 1853 to 1859. Due to his harsh treatment of criminals, he earned the rough nickname, "Bloody Bill". He was a district judge from 1859 to 1861.[3] Higby served in the California State Senate in 1862 and 1863.
Congress
Higby was elected as a Republican to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869.[4] During the Fortieth Congress he served as the chairman of the committee on mines and mining. He married Ellen M. Ringer, daughter of Joseph Ringer, in 1865. He was a delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalist's Convention of 1866.[5] He was a frequent guest at the Lincoln White House.[6]
He was chair of the Committee on Mines and Mining (thirty-ninth and fortieth Congresses).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1868.
Later career
He was the editor of the Calaveras Chronicle for several years. Appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant, he was also the collector of internal revenue from 1877 to 1881.[7]
Death
Higby devoted himself to horticulture until his death. Stricken with paralysis three years before, he died in Santa Rosa, California in 1887.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Cornelius Cole | Script error: No such module "string". | 23.1 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Thomas B. Shannon | Script error: No such module "string". | 23.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Higby | Script error: No such module "string". | 23.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John B. Weller | Script error: No such module "string". | 15.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Bigler | Script error: No such module "string". | 15.4 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Higby | Script error: No such module "string". | 61.6 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James W. Coffroth | Script error: No such module "string". | 38.4 | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Higby (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 52.0 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James W. Coffroth | Script error: No such module "string". | 48.0 | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.0 | ||
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References
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External links
- Bio Sketch
- govtrack
- History of Willsboro (Essex County) New York
- Lives of the Dead: Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
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- 1813 births
- 1887 deaths
- People of California in the American Civil War
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- California state court judges
- Republican Party California state senators
- People from Elizabethtown, New York
- People from Willsboro, New York
- 19th-century California state court judges
- 19th-century members of the California State Legislature
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives