William W. Chalmers

For other people named William Chalmers, see William Chalmers (disambiguation).
William Wallace Chalmers

1921 or 1922
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's ninth district
In office
March 4, 1921  March 3, 1923
Preceded by Isaac R. Sherwood
Succeeded by Isaac R. Sherwood
In office
March 4, 1925  March 3, 1931
Preceded by Isaac R. Sherwood
Succeeded by Wilbur M. White
Personal details
Born (1861-11-01)November 1, 1861
Strathroy, Ontario
Died October 1, 1944(1944-10-01) (aged 82)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Resting place Crown Hill Cemetery
Political party Republican
Alma mater University of Michigan
Michigan State Normal School
Heidelberg University

William Wallace Chalmers (November 1, 1861 – October 1, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, Chalmers moved with his parents to Kent County, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1865. He attended the public schools, and Michigan State Normal School. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1887, from Eureka College in 1889, and from Heidelberg University, Tiffin, Ohio, in 1904. He was a teacher and principal of schools until 1890. Superintendent of schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1890 to 1898 and in Toledo, Ohio from 1898 to 1905. He served as president of the University of Toledo in 1904. He engaged at different periods in farming, lumbering and, in the real-estate and insurance business at Toledo, Ohio.

Chalmers was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress.

Chalmers was elected to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1930. He died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on October 1, 1944. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Isaac R. Sherwood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1921–March 3, 1923
Succeeded by
Isaac R. Sherwood
Preceded by
Isaac R. Sherwood
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1925–March 3, 1931
Succeeded by
Wilbur M. White

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