William G. Steele
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|birthname = William Gaston Steele
|name = William G. Steele
|image = WilliamGSteele.jpg
|caption = Mathew Brady Collection, Library of Congress
|state = New Jersey
|district = 3rd
|party = Democrat
|term = March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865
|preceded = Garnett Adrain
|succeeded = Charles Sitgreaves
|birth_date = December 17, 1820
|birth_place = Somerville, New Jersey
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1892|4|22|1820|12|17}}
|death_place = Somerville, New Jersey
|spouse =
|profession = Politician
|restingplace = Somerville Cemetery
|footnotes =
}}
William Gaston Steele (December 17, 1820, Somerville, New Jersey – April 22, 1892, Somerville, New Jersey) was a 19th Century American banker who served as a Democratic Party politician. He served two terms as a U.S. congressman, representing New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1861 to 1865.
Biography
Steele was born in Somerville, New Jersey on December 17, 1820, where he attended the public schools and Somerville Academy. He engaged in banking.
= Congress =
Steele was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865. His vote on the Thirteenth Amendment is recorded as nay.
After leaving Congress, he engaged in the brokerage business.
= Death and burial =
He died in Somerville on April 22, 1892, and was interred in Somerville Cemetery in Somerville.
External links
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- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#R9M0JDV83 William Gaston Steele] at The Political Graveyard
- {{Find a Grave|7082235}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Category:Politicians from Somerville, New Jersey
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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