William E. English

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William Eastin English (November 3, 1850 - April 29, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, son of William Hayden English.

Born at Englishton Park, near Lexington, Indiana, English moved to Indianapolis in 1865. He attended public and private schools. He was graduated from the law department of the Northwestern Christian (now Butler) University at Indianapolis in 1873. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Indianapolis until 1882. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1880. He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Stanton J. Peelle to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from May 22, 1884, to March 3, 1885. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884 and resumed his former business pursuits at Indianapolis. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1892 and 1896, and chairman of the committee on rules and order of business in the former. He left the Democratic Party in 1900 and became active in the Republican Party. He served as captain and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Joseph Wheeler in the Spanish-American War. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1912.

English was elected a member of the State senate in 1916. He was reelected in 1920 and again in 1924 and served until his death in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 29, 1926. He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery.