William Jayne

Infobox Governor
name=William Jayne


order=1st
office=Governor of Dakota Territory
term_start=1861
term_end=1863
lieutenant=
predecessor=
successor=Newton Edmunds
birth_date=birth date|1826|10|8|mf=y
birth_place=Springfield, Illinois
death_date=death date and age|1916|3|20|1826|10|8|mf=y
death_place=Springfield, Illinois
party=
spouse=Julia Witherbee
profession=Physician
religion=
president= Abraham Lincoln

William A. Jayne (October 8, 1826ndash March 20, 1916) was an American physician and statesman. He served as Governor of the Dakota Territory and as the territory's delegate to the United States House of Representatives during the American Civil War.

William was born in Springfield, Illinois. He attended Illinois College in 1845 where he was a founding member of Phi Alpha Literary Society and graduated in medicine from the University of Missouri–Columbia in 1849. He began his practice in Springfield and served as Abraham Lincoln's personal physician. He became mayor of Springfield in 1859, and then a member of the State Senate in 1860, but resigned in 1861 to accept the appointment by President Lincoln to be the first Governor of Dakota Territory. He served from May 27, 1861, until 1863, then as a Delegate to the House of Representatives from March 4, 1863, to June 17, 1864.

Jayne then returned to Springfield and continued the practice of medicine. He was appointed U.S. Pension Agent in 1869 for four years and served three terms as mayor of Springfield beginning in 1876. He also served as Director and Vice President of the First National Bank of Springfield. He resumed the practice of medicine in 1873.

He married Julia Witherbee in 1850 and had six children with her. He died in Springfield and is interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.

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*CongBio|J000066
*findagrave|21269

Persondata
NAME=Jayne, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Physician and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH=October 8, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH=Springfield, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH=March 20, 1916
PLACE OF DEATH=Springfield, Illinois