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William Windom
(1827–1891) was an American politician from
Minnesota
. He served as a
Republican
in the
United States House of Representatives
from 1859 to 1869, and in the
United States Senate
for three periods between 1870 and 1883. He also served twice as
Secretary of the Treasury
under three presidents. This
line engraving
of Windom was produced around 1902 by the
Department of the Treasury
's
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP) as part of a
BEP presentation album
of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury.
Engraving credit:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restored by
Andrew Shiva
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