William STANBERY, Congress, OH (1788-1873)

STANBERY William , a Representative from Ohio; born in Essex County, N.J., August 10, 1788; received an academic education; studied law in New York City and was admitted to the bar; moved to Ohio in 1809; settled in Newark, Licking County, and practiced law; member of the Ohio state senate, 1824-1825; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Wilson; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (October 9, 1827-March 3, 1833); censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on July 11, 1832, for use of unparliamentary language; unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Twenty-third Congress in 1832; resumed the practice of law; died in Newark, Ohio, January 23, 1873; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present