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VANDEVER, William. (Baltimore, MD, Mar. 31, 1817-Ventura, CA, July 23, 1893). Vandever, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1852, began his legal practice in Dubuque. In 1855 Protection Fire Company #2, the only fire company under the control of the city, nominated him as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and asked the city council to confirm the nomination. (1) He was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th Congresses and served as a member of a peace convention in Washington, D.C., which attempted to find a way of avoiding the [[CIVIL WAR]]. | VANDEVER, William. (Baltimore, MD, Mar. 31, 1817--Ventura, CA, July 23, 1893). Vandever, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1852, began his legal practice in Dubuque. In 1855 Protection Fire Company #2, the only fire company under the control of the city, nominated him as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and asked the city council to confirm the nomination. (1) He was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th Congresses and served as a member of a peace convention in Washington, D.C., which attempted to find a way of avoiding the [[CIVIL WAR]]. | ||
Vandever joined the Union Army as a colonel of the 9th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, without resigning his seat in Congress. He was succeeded, however, by [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]]. (2) | Vandever joined the Union Army as a colonel of the 9th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, without resigning his seat in Congress. He was succeeded, however, by [[ALLISON, William Boyd|William Boyd ALLISON]]. (2) | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 29 June 2019
VANDEVER, William. (Baltimore, MD, Mar. 31, 1817--Ventura, CA, July 23, 1893). Vandever, admitted to the Iowa bar in 1852, began his legal practice in Dubuque. In 1855 Protection Fire Company #2, the only fire company under the control of the city, nominated him as Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and asked the city council to confirm the nomination. (1) He was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th Congresses and served as a member of a peace convention in Washington, D.C., which attempted to find a way of avoiding the CIVIL WAR.
Vandever joined the Union Army as a colonel of the 9th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, without resigning his seat in Congress. He was succeeded, however, by William Boyd ALLISON. (2)
After the war, Vandever returned to his legal practice in Dubuque before being appointed U.S. Indian inspector by President Grant in 1873. Vandever moved from Dubuque to California where he was re-elected to Congress. In 1896 his name was among those removed from consideration for inclusion on the Iowa Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. (3)
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1. "Proceedings of the City Council," Express & Herald, December 19, 1855, p. 3
2. "The California Congressman on His Way to Washington, The Sunday Herald, November 27, 1887, p. 1
3. "That Monument," Dubuque Herald, April 22, 1896, p. 4