William C. Arnold Explained

William Carlile Arnold
Image Name:William Carlile Arnold.jpg
Birth Date:15 July 1851
Birth Place:Luthersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
State:Pennsylvania
District:28th
Term Start:March 4, 1895
Term End:March 3, 1899
Preceded:George F. Kribbs
Succeeded:James K.P. Hall
Party:Republican

William Carlile Arnold (July 15, 1851 – March 20, 1906) was an American Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William C. Arnold was born in Luthersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and practiced in Curwensville and Du Bois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

Arnold was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898. He resumed the practice of law in Clearfield County and died in Muskegon, Michigan, while on a business trip. Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville.

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