William W. Kingsbury
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William Wallace Kingsbury (June 4, 1828 – April 17, 1892) was a Delegate from the Territory of Minnesota.
Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, he attended the academies at Towanda, and Athens; clerked in a store; became a surveyor; moved to Endion, Minnesota (now Duluth) in 1852. Became a member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1857; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1857; elected as a Democrat to the 35th congress and served from March 4, 1857 to May 11, 1858, when a portion of the Territory was admitted as a State into the Union; was not a candidate for renomination in 1858; returned to Towanda in 1865 and engaged in the real estate and insurance business.
Engaged as a commission merchant in Baltimore, Maryland, for three years; moved to Tarpon Springs, Florida in 1887. Engaged in real estate and mercantile pursuits until his death there; interred in Cydia Cemetery.
