William Summerville Haymond (
February 20,
1823 -
December 24,
1885) was a
U.S.
Representative from
Indiana
.
Born near
Clarksburg,
Virginia
(now West Virginia), Haymond attended the common
schools and was graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
New York City.He commenced the practice of his profession
at Monticello,
Indiana
, in 1852.During the
Civil War entered the
Union Army as a surgeon in 1862 and served one
year.He was an unsuccessful candidate for the State senate in
1866.He served as president of the Indianapolis, Delphi
&.Chicago Railroad Co. 1872-1874.
Haymond was elected as a
Democrat to the
Forty-fourth Congress (
March 4,
1875-
March 3,
1877).He was an
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the
Forty-fifth Congress.He resumed
his former professional and business activities.Organized the
Central Medical College in Indianapolis in 1877 and was dean until
his death.Published in 1879 a history of Indiana.
He died in Indianapolis,
Indiana
, December 24, 1885.He was interred in Crown Hill
Cemetery
.
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