Life Span
              
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          Dickinson Connection
              Governor Alexander Ramsey (Dickinson Law 1839) appointed him to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy in 1870. 
          Life Summary
Full name
              William Windom
          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
              1
          No. of Children
              3
          Family
              Hezekiah Windom (father), Mercy Spencer Windom (mother), Ellen Towne Hatch (wife)
Occupation
          Politician
          Attorney or Judge
              Relation to Slavery
          White non-slaveholder
              Church or Religious Denomination
          Quakers  (Society of Friends)
              Political Parties
          Republican
              Government
          US Senate
          US House of Representatives