William Ledyard Stark

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William Ledyard Stark (July 29, 1853 – November 11, 1922) was a Nebraska Populist politician.

Born in Mystic, Connecticut, on July 29, 1853, Stark moved to Wyoming, Illinois, in 1872. He taught school and clerked a store for a while. He attended Union College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinois in January 1878.

Stark moved to Aurora, Nebraska, in February 1878, serving as superintendent of city schools in Aurora. He became deputy district attorney and then judge of the Hamilton County Court in Hamilton County, Nebraska. He served in the Nebraska National Guard as a major and Judge Advocate General. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1895 and 1897 as a Populist, losing the first time and being elected the second to the 55th United States Congress. He was reelected to the 56th and 57th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1903.

Stark ran for the United States Congress as a Fusionist in 1902, but lost. After leaving office in 1903, he retired to Aurora.

Stark died in Tarpon Springs, Florida, on November 11, 1922. He is buried in the city cemetery in Aurora.

References

This article incorporates facts obtained from: Lawrence Kestenbaum, The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Eugene Jerome Hainer (R)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 4th congressional district March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	Succeeded by Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska

1st district	A. Weaver McShane Connell Bryan Strode Burkett Pollard Maguire Reavis Thorpe Morehead Luckey Heinke Sweet Copeland Curtis P. Weaver Beermann Callan Denney Thone Bereuter Fortenberry

2nd district	Laird Laws McKeighan Mercer G. Hitchcock Kennedy G. Hitchcock Lobeck Jefferis Sears Baldrige Burke C. McLaughlin Buffett O'Sullivan Buffett Hruska Chase Cunningham McCollister Cavanaugh Daub Hoagland Christensen Terry Ashford Bacon (elect)

3rd district	Valentine Dorsey Kem Meiklejohn Maxwell Robinson McCarthy Boyd Latta Stephens Evans Howard Stefan Harrison Brock Beermann Martin V. Smith Barrett Osborne A. Smith

4th district	Hainer Stark Hinshaw Sloan M. McLaughlin Norton Sloan Norton Shallenberger Binderup Curtis Miller McGinley Martin

5th district	McKeighan Andrews Sutherland Shallenberger Norris Barton Shallenberger Andrews Shallenberger Johnson Shallenberger Carpenter Coffee

6th district	Kem Greene Neville Kinkaid Humphrey Simmons

At-large	Marquette Taffe Crounse Welch Majors Valentine

Territory	Giddings Chapman Ferguson Estabrook Daily P. Hitchcock

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 78200267 LCCN: n2006006306 US Congress: S000811

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