Kelsey, William Henry

Lawyer, newpaper publisher, and member of Congress for two terms directly preceding the Civil War and then two more following the conflict.

Life Span
to
    Full name
    William Henry Kelsey
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    2
    Family

    Solomon Kelsey (father), Virtue Record Kelsey (mother), Dolly Alvord (first wife - died 1837), Phebe T. McNair (second wife)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Journalist
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Printer
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Republican
    Other
    Other Political Party
    Opposition Party
    Government
    US House of Representatives
    Local government
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