William Lathrop (politician)

William Lathrop
Brady-Handy Collection, Library of Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byStephen A. Hurlbut
Succeeded byJohn C. Sherwin
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office
1856-1857
Personal details
Born(1825-04-17)April 17, 1825
Le Roy, New York
DiedNovember 19, 1907(1907-11-19) (aged 82)
Rockford, Illinois
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAdeline "Addie" Potter Lathrop (m. 1857)
Children5 (including Julia Lathrop)

William Lathrop (April 17, 1825 – November 19, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born near Le Roy, New York, Lathrop attended the public schools and an academy at Brockport, New York. He studied law in Attica, New York. He moved to Knoxville, Illinois, and was admitted to the bar in 1850. He settled in Rockford, Illinois, in 1851 and practiced his profession. City clerk and city attorney of Rockford in 1852. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1856 and 1857.

Lathrop was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879). He resumed the practice of law in Rockford, Illinois, where he died November 19, 1907. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.