William S.

Mesick
William Smith Mesick (August 26, 1856 – December 1, 1942) was a politician
from the U.S. state of Michigan.

Mesick was born in Newark, New York and attended the common schools. He
moved to Michigan and attended Kalamazoo Business College and graduated
from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881.
He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced the practice of his
profession in Mancelona. He was prosecuting attorney of Antrim County for one
term.

In 1896, Mesick was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th

congressional district to the 55th Congress and re-elected in 1898 to the 56th,
serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1901. During the 56th Congress, he was
chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3. He was an unsuccessful
candidate for re-nomination in 1900, losing in the Republican primaries to William S. Mesick, Michigan
Archibald B. Darragh. Congressman.

After leaving Congress, Mesick resumed the practice of his profession in

Mancelona and subsequently moved to Petoskey, Michigan and continued practice. He died in Petoskey and is interred there at
Greenwood Cemetery.

References
United States Congress. "William S. Mesick (id: M000666)" (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?ind
ex=M000666). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
The Political Graveyard (http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#R9M0J6K1Z)

U.S. House of Representatives

United States Representative for
Preceded by the 11th Congressional District of Succeeded by
John Avery Michigan Archibald B. Darragh
1897 – 1901

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