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William Franklin Draper (politician)

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For persons of a similar name, see William Draper.
William Franklin Draper
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897
Preceded byFrederick S. Coolidge
Succeeded byCharles F. Sprague
Personal details
BornApril 9, 1842
Lowell, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 28, 1910 (aged 67)
Washington, D.C.
Resting placeHopedale Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Lydia Joy;[1]
Susan Preston[2] m. May 22, 1890.[3]
AwardsBrevet Colonel
Brevet Brigadier General.
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of serviceSeptember 5, 1861-October 12, 1864[4][5]
Rank
Unit
  • Company B, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.[8]
    *Thirty-Sixth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.[7]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
*Siege of Vicksburg[9]
*Battle of the Wilderness[10]
*Siege of Petersburg[11]
*Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad[11]

William Franklin Draper (April 9, 1842 – January 28, 1910) was an American businessman, industrialist, and soldier who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Draper was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on April 9, 1842, and was a descendant of early Massachusetts settler James Draper. Draper attended public, private, and high schools, he studied mechanical engineering and cotton manufacturing.

William F. Draper at the end of the American Civil War.

During the American Civil War Draper enlisted as a private in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, on September 9, 1861 and was promoted through the ranks to lieutenant colonel. After his discharge Draper was awarded the brevet grades of colonel and brigadier general of Volunteers.

After the war he became a manufacturer of cotton machinery at Hopedale, Massachusetts, and patented many improvements and served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. He went on to serve as colonel on the staff of Governor John Davis Long from 1880 to 1883.

Equestrian statue of Draper erected in 1912[12] in Milford, Massachusetts.

Draper was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897). Draper served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-fourth Congress), however he was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He later served as president of the Draper Co. upon its incorporation in 1896. Later he was the Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to Italy 1897–1899.

He died in Washington, D.C., on January 28, 1910, he was interred in Village Cemetery, Hopedale, Massachusetts.

See also

References

  1. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 78.
  2. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, pp. 201–202.
  3. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 202.
  4. ^ a b Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 34.
  5. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 176.
  6. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 35.
  7. ^ a b Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 76.
  8. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 36.
  9. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 111.
  10. ^ Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 154.
  11. ^ a b Draper, William Franklin (1909), Recollections of a Varied Career, Boston, Ma: Little, Brown, And Company, p. 170.
  12. ^ Date on Statue
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary to Italy
1897–1899 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Massachusetts's 11th district
March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897 		Succeeded by

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