Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1896 — W. H. ENGLISH DEAD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

W. H. ENGLISH DEAD.

Indiana Politician and Statesman Passes Away at Indianapolis. Wm. IT. English, Indiana politician and statesman and former candidate tor Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Gen. Hancock, is dead. Mr. English had been ill for two weeks, at his home in Indianapolis, and all hope of his recovery was given up two days before his heart began to trouble him. Froin that time he sank rapidly until the end. Mr. English was .born in Lexington, Scott County, lnd„ Aug. 27, 1822. His; father, Elisha G. English, was a pioneer of the Hoosier State, and, like his son, was also honored with public trusts for

almost half -century, \yhen.ttoe Indiana Legislature met in IS4rM Mr. English wks elected chief clerk of the House of Representatives, and in that way he came to make Indianapolis his home. He waa active in the convention of 1850, which met to frame a State Constitution, and in the following Legislature, under the new Constitution, Mr. English was elected Speaker of the lower.faouse. He afterward secured a clerkship in the United States Senate, a position which he gave up to take a clerkship in th&.Trcasury Department, offered by President Polk. He was an ardent Democrat, even that long ago, and the people of his district sent him to represent them in Congress. He served nine years. He was the author of n compromise measure In relation to the admission of Kansas as a State. The measure became a law known as “the English bill,” and it was the theme of many a controversy'*!! that day of heated political contests. At Cincinnati in 1880 he was nominated for Vice President on the Democratic ticket. When victory was admitted to the Republican nominees, James A. Gasfield and Chester A. Arthur, Mr. English philosophically accepted defeat. In spite of their political variances of opinion, Mr. English and ex-President Harrison were always warm friends.

WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.