William J. Cary

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name = William Joseph Cary
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state = Wisconsin
district = 4th
term_start = March 4, 1907
term_end = March 3, 1919
preceded = Theobald Otjen
succeeded = John C. Kleczka
birth_date = March 22, 1865
birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
death_date = January 2, 1934
death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin
nationality = American
party = Republican
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footnotes = William Joseph Cary (March 22, 1865 - January 2, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cary was educated in the public schools and St. John's Academy.He was left an orphan at the age of eleven, when he became a messenger boy.He studied telegraphy and was employed as a telegraph operator 1883-1895.He engaged in the brokerage business 1895-1905.

Cary was elected a member of the board of aldermen of Milwaukee in 1900 and was reelected in 1902 for the term ending in 1904.He served as sheriff of Milwaukee County 1904-1906.

Cary was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1919).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.He served as county clerk of Milwaukee County 1921-1933.

He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, January 2, 1934 and is interred at Calvary Cemetery.

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