William Windom

William Windom (May 10, 1827 to January 29, 1891) was an American politician. He served in the US House of Representatives and US Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. He was born in Belmont County, Ohio. He moved to Minnesota Territory in 1855. He served in the House from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1869.

He was appointed to the US Senate to to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1871, caused by the death of Daniel S. Norton, and served from July 15, 1870, to January 22, 1871, when a successor(Ozora P. Sterns[?]) was elected to fill the term from January 22 to March 3, 1871. Windom was however elected to the regualar full term that started March 4, 1871. He served from March 4, 1871 to March 7, 1881 when he was appointed to appointed Secretary of Treasury[?] by President James Garfield and served from March 1881, until his resigned from the the cabinet effective November 1881, after having again been elected Senator on October 26, 1881, to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation, and served from November 15, 1881, to March 3, 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882. He moved to New York City in 1883 and practiced law; appointed Secretary of Treasury[?] in the Cabinet of President Benjamin Harrison and served from March 1889, until his death in New York, New York on January 29, 1891.