Background
Helmick, William was born on September 6, 1817 in near Canton, Ohio, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Helmick, William was born on September 6, 1817 in near Canton, Ohio, United States.
Born near Canton, Ohio, Helmick attended the public schools and later studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in New Philadelphia, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Tuscarawas County in 1851. Helmick was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as chief clerk of the Pension Office on May 3, 1861, and served until January 31, 1865. He then resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and was later appointed Justice of the Peace by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.
He died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1888, and was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
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