# William Devos

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{{Short description|American businessman and politician}}
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'''William Henry Devos''' (November 19, 1857 – August 28, 1936)<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144451744/william-henry-devos William Henry Devos] at findabrave.com</ref> was an American businessman who spent two terms as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Wisconsin State Senate](/source/Wisconsin_State_Senate)'s [Sixth District](/source/Wisconsin_Senate%2C_District_6) (the 9th, 10th, 19th and 20th [Wards](/source/wards_of_the_United_States) of the City of [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin).<ref>'Wisconsin Blue book 1901,' Biographical Sketch of William Devos, pg. 730</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |title=Members of Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-date=April 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404052836/http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Background ==
Devos was born November 19, 1857, in Milwaukee, of ["Hollandish parentage"](/source/Dutch_people); he graduated from [Milwaukee Public Schools](/source/Milwaukee_Public_Schools) and [Spencerian Business College](/source/Spencerian_Business_College). He worked in the [milling](/source/milling_(grinding)) and coal businesses, and represented the 9th Ward as [alderman](/source/alderman) on the [Milwaukee Common Council](/source/Milwaukee_Common_Council) from April 1894, to April 1896.

== Legislative service ==
He was defeated for alderman in April 1896, but was elected to the State Senate in November 1896 to succeed [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [Oscar Altpeter](/source/Oscar_Altpeter), receiving 6,821 votes to 4,966 for Democratic and [Populist](/source/Populist_Party_(United_States)) candidate Max Hottelett and 238 for Charles Pample of the [Socialist Labor Party](/source/Socialist_Labor_Party_of_America). He was re-elected in 1900, but resigned his office in 1902 to accept the post of "Collector" [of [import duties](/source/import_duties)] of the [Port of Milwaukee](/source/Port_of_Milwaukee)".

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