- William J. Graham
William Johnson Graham (
February 7 ,1872 -November 10 ,1937 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born near
New Castle, Pennsylvania , Graham moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Aledo, Mercer County, in 1879.He attended the public schools.He was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana in 1893.He was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice inAledo, Illinois .He served as prosecuting attorney of Mercer County 1901-1909.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1915 and 1916.Graham was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1917 , toJune 7 ,1924 , when he resigned.He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Sixty-sixth Congress).He was appointed by President Coolidge onMay 29 ,1924 , as presiding judge of the United States Court ofCustoms Appeals, Washington , D.C., and served fromJune 8 ,1924 , until his death inWashington, D.C. ,November 10 ,1937 .He remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Aledo Cemetery,Aledo, Illinois .References
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