Biography

03/10/1834 - 10/16/1878

Captain William M. Randall (D9) Schuylkill County 1865-1871 (D10) Schuylkill County 1872 -1873

Early Life:

Captain William M. Randall, born March 10, 1832 , Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; West Point; appointed, United States District Attorney of Oregon Territory, 1860; Captain, Emergency Militia Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign, 1863; Burgess, Schuylkill Haven 1863; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1865-1873; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1876; unsuccessful campaign, Independent Candidate, United States Congress 1874; clerk, Board of Mine Inspectors, 1877-1878; died, gangrened lung, October 16, 1878, Mount Caramel, interment, Old Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Appointed, United States District Attorney of Oregon Territory resigned 1860.

Captain, Emergency Militia Civil War, Gettysburg Campaign, 1863. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Burgess, Schuylkill Haven 1863. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9th district, Schuylkill County, 1865-1871; committee assignments, Compare Bills, Corporations, Divorces, Military Affairs, Mines and Mining. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 10th district, Schuylkill County, 1872-1873; committee assignments, Canals and Inland Navigation, New Counties and County Seats, Railroads, Roads and Bridges. 

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1876. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Independent Candidate, United States Congress 1874.

Clerk, Board of Mine Inspectors, 1877-1878.

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1871). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 427, 430, 436-438.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1873). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 514, 517, 522-524.

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Wednesday October 16, 1878, Page 1.

Reading Times (Reading, Pennsylvania) Thursday October 17, 1878, Page 1.

William M Randall (1832-1878) - Find a Grave Memorial