biography
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Allison, William B(oyd)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1829–1908)
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| biography:
| US senator, born in Perry, Ohio, USA. A lawyer by profession, he entered politics and joined the new Republican Party. In 1857 he moved to Iowa and practised law before going to the US House of Representatives (Republican, Iowa, 1963–72). Although implicated in the Credit Mobilier railroad scandal (1870), he went on to serve in the US Senate (1873–1908), where he became one of the leaders of the Republican delegation, renowned for his ability to unite opposing groups. A fiscal conservative, he took moderate stands on currency issues such as the Bland–Allison Silver Act (1878). |
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