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William Lilly (congressman)

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William Lilly
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1893 – December 1, 1893
Preceded byNo at-large districts in Pennsylvania in 52nd Congress
Succeeded byGalusha A. Grow
Constituencyat-large district
Personal details
Born(1821-06-03)June 3, 1821
Penn Yan, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 1, 1893(1893-12-01) (aged 72)
Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeCity Cemetery in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican

William Lilly (June 3, 1821 – December 1, 1893) served briefly as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in 1893.

Formative years

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Born in Penn Yan, New York, on June 3, 1821, Lilly moved to Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in 1838, and became involved in the mining of anthracite coal.

Military service

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He was subsequently elected as colonel of one of the militia regiments of the Lehigh Valley and then was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.

Career

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A Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1850 and 1851, he switched to the Republican Party in 1862, and was appointed as a delegate to six Republican National Conventions. He was then appointed as a delegate at large to the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania in 1872 and 1873.

Congress

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Lilly was later elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third Congress and served in that capacity until his death in 1893.

Death and interment

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Lilly died in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, on December 1, 1893, and was interred in the City Cemetery.

See also

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Sources

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  • United States Congress. "William Lilly (id: L000312)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
At-large: None
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district

1893 alongside:
Alexander McDowell
Succeeded by