Please answer the following question: Facts: - jr/sr: united states senator - party: republican - predecessor: jonathan ross ebenezer j. ormsbee - lieutenant: urban a. woodbury - birth date: 12 december 1843 - relations: paul brother in law -rrb- dillingham -lrb- father -rrb- matthew h. carpenter -lrb- - profession: lawyer - order: governor governor - death date: 12 july 1923 - spouse: mary e. shipman -lrb- 1846 -- 1893 -rrb- - office: governor of vermont - term end: july 12 , 1923 october 2 , 1890 - name: william paul dillingham - death place: montpelier , vermont - birth place: waterbury , vermont - successor: porter h. dale carroll s. page - state: vermont - term start: october 18 , 1900 october 4 , 1888 - image: william paul dillingham.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william p. dillingham .
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william paul dillingham -lrb- december 12 , 1843july 12 , 1923 -rrb- was an american republican politician from the state of vermont .