1. William McAleer was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1901.
11 Facts About William McAleer
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William McAleer emigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1851.
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William McAleer was elected in 1870 to the Common Council, the lower house of the city council at the time.
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William McAleer was not renominated to a second term, but was appointed to the Board of Guardians of the Poor in 1873, and served as its vice president and later president.
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William McAleer was member of the commercial exchange and served successively as its director, vice president, and president.
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William McAleer was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1886 to represent the 2nd Senate district.
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Vaux was nominated by the Independent Democrats and had his name on the Republican line; but William McAleer won the election by about 3,000 votes.
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William McAleer won re-election in 1892 as an Independent Democrat with the endorsement of the Republicans.
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William McAleer won back his seat in 1896 by defeating Halterman by 2,099 votes.
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William McAleer resumed business activities in Philadelphia and died in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aged 74.
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William McAleer is interred at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.