William Henry Hines

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania. For the American journalist, see William H. Hines.

William H. Hines
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	George Washington Shonk
Succeeded by	John Leisenring
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 21st district
In office 1888-1892
Preceded by	Morgan B. Williams
Succeeded by	Clarence W. Kline
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office 1879-1880 1883-1884
Personal details
Born	(1856-03-15)March 15, 1856 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	January 17, 1914(1914-01-17) (aged 57) Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US
Political party	Democratic National Greenback

William Henry Hines (March 15, 1856 – January 17, 1914) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1893 to 1895.

Early life and education

William Henry Hines was born in Brooklyn, New York. He moved to Pennsylvania in 1865 with his parents, who settled in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Brooklyn and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in 1881.

Career

Hines was appointed town clerk of Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, in 1876 and elected assessor in 1877.

He served as a National Greenback member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives for Lackawanna and Luzerne County from 1879 to 1880 and as a Democratic member from 1883 to 1884. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 21st district from 1888 to 1892. Hines was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1894.

He worked as president of the Pocono Water Company and had unsuccessful campaigns for judge in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Luzerne County in 1911 and 1913.

He resumed the practice of law in Wilkes-Barre and died there in 1914.

Sources

• United States Congress. "William Henry Hines (id: H000635)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard