William J. Purman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

William J. Purman

American politician

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1840

Date of Death: 14-Aug-1928

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About William J. Purman

  • William James Purman (April 11, 1840 – August 14, 1928) was a Republican US Representative from Florida. Born in Millheim, Centre County, Pennsylvania and attended the common schools before completing his studies at Aaronsburg Academy in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
  • He taught school; studied law at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; and during the American Civil War entered the Union Army as a private and served on special duty at the War Department until transferred to Florida in 1865.
  • He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Tallahassee, Florida.
  • He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1868.
  • Purman narrowly escaped an assassin's bullet in 1869 which left his brother-in-law, a former surgeon in the Confederate Army, dead.
  • Purman served in the Florida State Senate from 1869-1872.
  • He was appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State senate as secretary of state in 1869 but declined the position.
  • He was chairman of the Florida Commission in 1869 for entering into negotiations for transfer of West Florida to the State of Alabama, a transfer that was not ratified by Alabama.
  • He was assessor of United States internal revenue for the district of Florida 1870–1872; chairman of the Republican State committee 1870–1872; member of the Republican National Committee 1876–1880; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third United States Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to January 25, 1875, when he resigned; member of the Florida House of Representatives for one session and resigned when elected to Congress; elected to the Forty-fourth United States Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth United States Congress; returned in 1878 to Millheim, Pa., and engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1883; moved to Washington, D.C., where he lived in retirement until his death; the remains were cremated and the ashes deposited in a vault at Glenwood Cemetery.

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