William C. Webb

Webb was born in Ridgebury Township, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 1824, son of John L. and Annis (Hammond) Webb. Later, he was a resident of Wautoma, Wisconsin. He died on April 24, 1898, in Topeka, Kansas.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9YDAQAAIAAJ&q=William+C.+Webb%2BWisconsin%2BAssembly%2BSpeaker%2BKansas&pg=PA398|title=Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin|year=1901|publisher=State Bar Association of Wisconsin|accessdate=June 6, 2015}}

Webb was Chief Clerk of the Wisconsin Assembly for the 1857 session, when his brother, Henry, was a member. In the fall general election that year, he was elected to succeed his brother as a member of the Assembly for the 1858 session. He was elected again to serve in the 1862, 1863 and 1864 sessions. He served a term as Speaker.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUFLAAAAYAAJ&q=George+B.+Bingham%2BWisconsin&pg=PA126|title=War Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Wisconsin|year=1891|publisher=Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States|accessdate=June 6, 2015}} Previously, he had been Chief Clerk of the Assembly in 1857. Webb was also District Attorney and Judge of Waushara County, Wisconsin.

In 1870, Webb was a Kansas District Court judge. From 1871 to 1873, he was the first Kansas State Superintendent of Insurance. Webb was a member of the House of Representatives from 1870 to 1871 before being re-elected in 1891.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/admirespolitica00riddgoog |title= Admire's Political and Legislative Hand-Book for Kansas |year= 1891 |publisher= George W. Crane & Co. |page=[https://archive.org/details/admirespolitica00riddgoog/page/n480 456] |accessdate=June 6, 2015}} Additionally, he was Attorney and Superior Court Judge of Shawnee County, Kansas.

Webb's affiliation by the time he held office was with the Republican Party.

Webb was initially assigned to the 37th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was later commissioned Colonel of the 52nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, but was never mustered into federal service at that rank, because the regiment did not reach its full strength.{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin |title= The Military History of Wisconsin |year= 1868 |publisher= Clarke & Co. |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/militaryhistoryo00quin/page/869 |chapter= Fifty-Second Infantry |page= 869 |accessdate= October 29, 2021 }} He was a Companion of the Kansas Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Webb's son Leland Justin Webb, was a lawyer and politician.[http://suvcwks.org/Newsletter/SFP2006-2007-4.pdf The Sunflower Picket-Leland Justin Webb] His brothers, Henry and Charles were also active in politics and law in Wisconsin and Kansas.

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