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Ransom W. Dunham
The Chicago Chronicle, October 8, 1895
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889
Preceded byWilliam Aldrich
Succeeded byAbner Taylor
Personal details
Born(1838-03-21)March 21, 1838
Savoy, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 19, 1896(1896-08-19) (aged 58)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Ransom Williams Dunham (March 21, 1838 – August 19, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, Dunham attended the common schools and the high school in Springfield, engaged as a clerk for a life insurance company 1855–1857. He moved to Chicago in 1857. He became a grain and provision commission merchant. He served as president of the Board of Trade of Chicago in 1882.

Dunham was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1889). He retired from active business pursuits. He died in Springfield, Massachusetts on August 19, 1896, while en route to attend the centennial celebration of his native town, Savoy. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Aldrich Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 1st congressional district 1883–1889 Succeeded byAbner Taylor

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