William Windom

**William Windom** (May 10, 1827 – January 29, 1891) anali woyendetsa ndale waku America wokhudza Minnesota. Anatumikira monga Representative kuyambira 1859 mpaka 1869, kenako monga Senator mu 1870 mpaka January 1871, kuchokera March 1871 mpaka March 1881, komanso kuchokera November 1881 mpaka 1883. Anaperekanso kawiri udindo wa Secretary of the Treasury – kuyambira March mpaka November 1881 ndi kuchokera 1889 mpaka 1891, pansi pa mapurezidenti atatu. Anali m’gulu la Republican. 

## Early life
Windom anabadwa ku Belmont County, Ohio pa May 10, 1827. Anaphunzira kunyumba ndi m'masukulu ang’ono monga Martinsburg Academy ku Ohio, kenako anaphunzira malamulo ndipo adalembedwa kunyumba kwa malamulo mu 1850. Mu 1852 anaponyera ku Knox County monga prosecuting attorney, ndipo mu 1855 adachoka ku Ohio kupita ku Minnesota Territory ndikukhala ku Winona, Minnesota, pafupi ndi nyanja ya Mississippi River.

## Political career
Windom anasankhidwa monga U.S. Representative mu 1859, akuyimira Minnesota pa at-large seat mpaka 1863, kenako pa District 1 kuchokera 1863 mpaka 1869. Anabwereranso ku Congress mu 1861, 1864, ndi 1866. Sinkanandilandire mu 1868.

Sen. Daniel S. Norton adafa pa 14 July 1870, ndipo Governor Alexander Ramsey adasankha Windom kukhala seneta mpaka legislature itasankha m'modzi atsopano. Mu January 1871, Ozora P. Stearns adasankhidwa ku term yotsatira, ndipo Windom adasankhidwanso ku malonda atsopano kuyambira March 4; adatha ntchito mutakhala seneta mpaka March 7, 1881, pamene ananyamuka kuti akapite ku Treasury.

Ku Senate, Windom adakhala mtetezi woyambira za malamulo a ma sitimayi. Mu December 1872, adakhala mtsogoleri wa Senate Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, yomwe idapanga lipoti mu April 1874 kuphatikizapo kupempha ofesi ya Bureau of Commerce — gzilibe mphamvu zomwe zinapangitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa Interstate Commerce Commission mu 1887.

Mu 1880, Windom adayesetsa kukhala Republican candidate wa Presidency, koma pa National Convention adalandira mawu 10 pokha pa ballot yoyamba. Convention inakhala yopanda chomwe yamveka, ndipo atangotchulidwa ngati dark‑horse candidate koma sanasankhidwe, ndipo pa kenako wosankhidwa anali James A. Garfield.

Pa March 7, 1881, Windom anasankha kusiya Senate ndipo Garfield anamupatsanso udindo wa Secretary of the Treasury. Anakhalabe mpaka November 13, 1881, kenako adasankhidwanso kukhala Senator pa October 26, 1881, ndipo anadzabwera ku Senate pa November 15, ndipo adatumikira mpaka patapita nthawi mpaka March 3, 1883. Pambuyo pake adasowa mwayi ku re-election.

Mu 1883, Windom adasamukira ku New York City, pomwe adadzapanga malamulo mpaka 1889. President Benjamin Harrison adamutumiza kuti abwerere kukhala Secretary wa Treasury kuyambira March 8, 1889. Windom anatha ntchito amachita kwa masiku ambiri mu 1891, kenako adafa pa January 29, 1891, pamene akupha mawu ku Delmonico’s Steak House, NYC.

## Memorials
Iye adalembedwa pa silver certificate ya $2 kuyambira 1891 mpaka 1896. Chitofu cha _USS Windom_ (1896) komanso choyendetsa galimoto cha World War II chinalembedwa dzina lake. Mzinda wa Windom, Minnesota ku Cottonwood County, komanso Windom College ku Montevideo, Minnesota, ndi mapaki angapo ku Minneapolis (Windom Park, Windom Northeast, Windom South), ndi “Windom” ndi “Windom Park” ku Minneapolis, zonse zinalembedwanso dzina lake. Adakhala dzina la tambala ya phiri la Colorado, Windom Peak.

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