Rawleigh, William Thomas, 1870-1951

Manufacturer and retailer of farm goods, chairman of the La Follette for President Committee, and Robert M. La Follette's campaign treasurer.

From the description of Papers of William Thomas Rawleigh, 1911-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71069259

Biographical Note

• 1870, Dec. 3: Born near Mineral Point, Wis.
• 1889: Retailer of household goods, veterinarian remedies, and poultry supplies
• 1890: Married Minnie B. Trevillian
• 1895: Established the W. T. Rawleigh Co. (president, 1906-1907)
• 1906 - 1907 : Member, City Council, Freeport, Ill.
• 1909: Purchaser and editor, Freeport Daily Standard, Freeport, Ill.
• 1909 - 1911 : Mayor, Freeport, Ill. Vice president, Illinois Mayors Association
• 1910 - 1912 : Representative, Illinois House of Representatives
• 1911: Chairman, Freeport-Hughes Alliance (president, 1916) Presidential elector, Progressive Party
• 1911 - 1912 : Expanded the W. T. Rawleigh Co. with branches in Memphis, Tenn., and Winnipeg, Canada, and offices and warehouses in Mexico, France, Zanzibar, and Madagascar, and plantations in the Comeres Islands
• 1911 - 1917 : President, Rawleigh-Schryer Co.
• 1923: Married M. Marguerite Schneider
• 1924: Chairman, La Follette for President Committee Treasurer, National Joint La Follette-Wheeler Committee
• 1951: Died

From the guide to the William Thomas Rawleigh Papers, 1911-1931, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)