William T. Fitzgerald

William Thomas Fitzgerald (October 13, 1858 - January 12, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Greenville, Ohio, Fitzgerald attended the rural schools and the Greenville High School.He served as member of the National Guard of Ohio 1875-1882, and saw service during the Newark riots in 1877.He graduated from the National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, in 1887.He taught in the Greenville High School 1886-1889.He graduated from the medical department of the University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, in 1891 and commenced practice in Greenville in 1891.He served as member of the board of education 1906-1914.He served as mayor of Greenville 1921-1925.

Fitzgerald was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1929).He served as chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Sixty-ninth Congress), Committee on Invalid Pensions (Seventieth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress.He resumed the practice of medicine in Greenville, Ohio, where he died on January 12, 1939.He was interred in Greenville Cemetery.

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