William Wilder

William Henry Wilder
William Wilder circa 1912 [1]
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1911 – September 11, 1913
Preceded by	John Joseph Mitchell (4th) John A. Thayer (3rd)
Succeeded by	Samuel Winslow (4th) Calvin Paige (3rd)
Constituency	4th district (1911–13) 3rd district (1913)
Personal details
Born	(1855-05-14)May 14, 1855 Belfast, Maine
Died	September 11, 1913(1913-09-11) (aged 58) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican
Profession	Lawyer

William Henry Wilder (May 14, 1855 – September 11, 1913) was a representative from Massachusetts.

He was born in Belfast, Maine. He moved to Gardner, Massachusetts in 1866. He was president of the Wilder Industries. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1900, and was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1909. He studied the monetary systems in Europe in 1909 and wrote many articles and pamphlets on monetary questions.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Washington, D.C. He is buried at Crystal Lake Cemetery in Gardner.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

Bibliography

• Who's who in State Politics, 1912 Practical Politics (1912) p. 29.
• United States Congress. "William Wilder (id: W000462)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• William H. Wilder, late a representative from Massachusetts, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1915