William Darrah Kelley

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William Darrah Kelley was a prominent 19th-century American Republican politician and staunch advocate of protective tariffs and civil rights, who served for decades in the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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instanceOf Republican Party politician ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
politician ⓘ
advocatedFor industrial labor interests ⓘ
rights of freedmen ⓘ
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia ⓘ
causeOfNickname support for the iron and steel industry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1814-04-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1890-01-09 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Irish American ⓘ
familyName Kelley ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
ideology Republicanism ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ
protectionism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of protective tariffs ⓘ
long tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
support for civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
middleName Darrah ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Pig-Iron Kelley ⓘ
notableWork congressional speeches on protectionism ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War-era politics ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Unitarianism ⓘ
representedDistrict Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district ⓘ
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sarah Clapp ⓘ
stateRepresented Pennsylvania ⓘ
supportedPolicy Reconstruction-era civil rights legislation ⓘ
high protective tariffs ⓘ
termEnd 1890 ⓘ
termStart 1861 ⓘ
workedAs jeweler's apprentice in youth ⓘ

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Florence Kelley → father → William Darrah Kelley ⓘ