William Laury Greene

William Laury Greene (October 3, 1849 – March 11, 1899) was a Nebraska Populist politician.

Greene was raised in Dubois County, Indiana. He graduated from the Ireland Academy, taught school and studied law. He passed his bar exam in 1876 and began his practice in Bloomington, Indiana. He moved with his family again to Kearney, Nebraska in 1883 and continued to practice law.

Greene ran for the United States Senate in 1893 against William V. Allen and lost. He became a judge of the 12th judicial district of Nebraska from 1895 to 1897. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1896 as a Populist and served until his death at age 49. He is interred in Kearney Cemetery.

William Neville succeeded Greene.

References

"The Political Graveyard". Greene, William Laury. Retrieved January 13, 2006.
"Congressional Bioguide". Greene, William Laury. Retrieved January 13, 2006.

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

United States Congress. "William Laury Greene (id: G000429)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Omer Madison Kem (P)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 6th congressional district March 4, 1897 – March 11, 1899	Succeeded by William Neville (P)

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

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