Background
Hynes, William J. was born on March 31, 1842 in Kilkee, Company Clare, Ireland. Son of Thomas and Catherine (O’Shea) Hynes.
Hynes, William J. was born on March 31, 1842 in Kilkee, Company Clare, Ireland. Son of Thomas and Catherine (O’Shea) Hynes.
Father died in 1847, and mother brought family to the United States in 1853, settling in Springfield, Massachusetts. Education common schools. Columbian U. Law School, Washington, 1868-1870.
Judge George B. Way, of Ohio, September 1871. Admitted to bar, 1870, and practiced at Little Rock, Arkansas. Elected to 43d Congress from Arkansas at-large on Greeley ticket, 1872.
Reëlected by popular vote, 1874, but “counted out”.
In practice at Chicago. since 1875. Home: Chicago, Illinois.
Married Jennie West., daughter