Biography

03/15/1856 - 01/17/1914

William Henry Hines (D21) Luzerne (Part) County 1889-1892

Early Life: 

William Henry Hines, born, March 15, 1856, Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York; attended, Wyoming Seminary; moved, Hanover Township, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, 1865; miner; teacher; attorney-at-law, 1881-1914; appointed, town clerk, Hanover Township, 1876; elected, assessor, Hanover Township, 1877; elected, National Greenback, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1879-1880; unsuccessful reelection campaign, 1880; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1883-1884; not a candidate for reelection, 1884; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1884; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate 1889-1892; not a candidate for reelection, 1892; elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, 1893-1895; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Fifty-fourth Congress, 1894; president, Pocono Water Company; unsuccessful campaigns, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1911, 1913; died, January 17, 1914, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Appointed, town clerk, Hanover Township, 1876; elected, assessor, Hanover Township, 1877. 

Elected, National Greenback, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, 1879-1880; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, 1880. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, 1883-1884; not a candidate for reelection, 1884.

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1884.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21std district, Luzerne (Part) County, 1889-1892, not a candidate for reelection, 1892; committee assignments, Education, Judiciary Local, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining, Public Printing. 

Unsuccessful campaigns, judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County, 1911, 1913

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Elected, Democrat, United States House of Representatives, Fifty-third Congress, Pennsylvania 12th congressional district, 1893-1895, unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Fifty-fourth Congress, 1894. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy:

The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party, and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active between 1874 and 1889. The party ran candidates in three presidential elections, in 1876, 1880, and 1884, before it faded away.

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1892). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 687 and 693-695, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 651.

William Henry Hines (1856-1914) - Find a Grave Memorial