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William Freeman Vilas (July 9, 1840 – August 27, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. [1] .
William F. Vilas (born July 9, 1840, Chelsea, Vermont, U.S.—died August 27, 1908, Madison, Wisconsin) was an American educator and politician who was a leader of the U.S. Democratic Party in the late 19th century and a member of President Grover Cleveland’s cabinet.
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William F. Vilas (1888–1889) William Freeman Vilas was born in Chelsea, Vermont, on July 9, 1840. In 1851, the Vilas family moved from Vermont to Madison, Wisconsin. After attending common schools, Vilas entered the University of Wisconsin in 1854.
William F. Vilas' paternal grandfather, Moses, had left a comfortable home in Watertown, Massachusetts, to pioneer in frontier Vermont. There he had created an 800-acre farm out of a primeval wilderness, and he left an inheritance, substantial for those times, to his son, Levi, the father of William F. Vilas.1 Levi increased his inheritance by
William F. Vilas. Studio portrait of William Freeman Vilas. View the original source document: WHI 10712. b. Chelsea, Vermont, 1840 d. Madison, Wisconsin, August, 1908. William Freeman Vilas was a lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator, cabinet officer and philanthropist. He was the son of Levi B. Vilas.
Oct 11, 2021 · Hermand may have been the longest-serving William F. Vilas Research Professor on campus, having been awarded the honor in 1967. For decades, he was among a handful of Germanists with world-wide fame and name recognition, in demand all over the world as a speaker.
William Freeman Vilas (July 9, 1840 – August 27, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897.
