William H. Flack

William Henry Flack
William Henry Flack
Born	(1861-03-22)March 22, 1861 Franklin Falls, New York
Died	February 2, 1907(1907-02-02) (aged 45) Malone, New York
Resting place	Morningside Cemetery, Malone, New York
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Politician and businessman
Predecessor	John Wilbur Dwight
Successor	George R. Malby

William Henry Flack (March 22, 1861 – February 2, 1907) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1903 to 1907.

Career

Flack attended public schools. He became interested in lumbering and tanning. He had some family members in Indiana west of downtown Indianapolis in an area known as Flackville. He was Supervisor of the town of Waverly, New York for seven years and chairman of the board for two years. He was the county clerk of Franklin County from 1898 to 1902 and reelected in 1900. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee 1898–1902. He served as trustee of the village of Malone and elected president of said village in 1902.

Congress

Flack was elected as a Republican representative to the United States House of Representatives for the congressional district formed from the 26th District (Essex, New York, Franklin, New York, Clinton, New York and St. Lawrence, New York) to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, until his death. He was interred in Morningside Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "William H. Flack (id: F000180)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• William Henry Flack, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1907

External links

• Works by or about William H. Flack at the Internet Archive

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress