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  Webster, William Grant
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NameWilliam Grant Webster
Address560 W. Wrightwood Ave.
Chicago, Illinois , United States
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Born February 24, 1866
Died 00, 1930 (63 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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InfoWEBSTER, William Grant - Chicago attorney and Republican candidate for Vice Presidential nomination 1916-1928.

Born 2/24/1866 in Kingston IL; son of Calvary M. & Ann C. (Parker) Webster.

U.S. Civil Service employee 1883-1885, 1887-1893, working in the General Land Office.

A.B., Howard Univ., 1886; LL.M., Columbian Univ. (now George Washington Univ.), 1888.

Admitted to the bar, 1888.

Dean, Cleveland Law School, 1897; dean, Rhode Island Law School, 1898-1901; dean, John Marshall Law School, 1899

Candidate for US Senate nomination (R-IL) 1906, 1908, 1912

Candidate for US House (R-IL) 1912, 1914; defeated for the nomination

Candidate for US Vice President (R) nomination, 1916-1928; was living in New York City in 1920 and Washington DC in 1928.

When Webster filed for the Vice Presidential primary in Ohio in 1916, a technical error in his application caused his name to also be placed in the primary for US President (New York Times, 4/24/1916).

Webster apparently died around 1930.

James T. Havel, U.S. Presidential Candidates and the Elections, vol. 1, p. 610; photo source: Idaho Evening Times, 5/21/1920.

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  08/08/1908 IL - District 07 - R Primary Lost 13.69% (-27.99%)
  08/08/1908 IL US Senate - R Primary Lost 3.83% (-39.46%)
  08/04/1906 IL U.S. Senate-R Primary Lost 4.42% (-51.36%)
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