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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William J. Coombs |
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, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 24, 1833
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| Died | January 12, 1922
(88 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | COOMBS, William Jerome, a Representative from New York; born in Jordan, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 24, 1833; attended the Jordan Academy, Jordan, N.Y.; moved to New York City in 1850, and in 1855 took up his residence in Brooklyn; in 1856 entered upon the business of exporting American goods and continued in this business for thirty-seven years; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; appointed a director of the Union Pacific Railroad by President Cleveland in 1894, with special commission to collect the debts due the United States Government from the various Pacific railroads; president of the Manufacturers’ Terminal Co., later consolidated with the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. of Brooklyn; in 1904 became president of the South Brooklyn Savings Bank, in which capacity he served until his death in Brooklyn, N.Y., January 12, 1922; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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