UCLA Presents voteview.com beta 3
Welcome! We have just updated Voteview's aging codebase. In the process, we have fixed some nagging issues, added a few new features, and
improved performance. If you notice anything that used to work that no longer does, please let us know.
SHALLENBERGER, William Shadrack (1839-1914)
Republican of Pennsylvania
24th congressional district
Served in House 1877-1883
Total roll-call votes cast: 977
Biography
A Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pa., November 24, 1839; attended the public schools and Mount Pleasant Academy; was graduated from Lewisburg University (now Bucknell University), Lewisburg, Pa., in 1862; engaged in mercantile pursuits; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army in 1862 in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and soon afterward was appointed adjutant of the regiment; mustered out of the service in October 1864 and again engaged in mercantile pursuits in Rochester, Pa.; chairman of the Beaver County Republican committee in 1872 and 1874; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Forty-seventh Congress); appointed by President McKinley as Second Assistant Postmaster General and served from 1897 to 1907; died in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1914; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Sorting votes