William L. Springer

Who was William L. Springer?

William Lee Springer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Sullivan, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools and Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana. DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, B.A., 1931. Law school of the University of Illinois, LL.B., 1935. He was admitted to the bar in 1935 and commenced the practice of law in 1936 in Champaign, Illinois. State's attorney of Champaign County, Illinois from 1940 to 1942. He served in the United States Navy from March 1942 as an officer, with nineteen months' foreign duty, until discharged as a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve on September 22, 1945. County judge of Champaign County 1946–1950.

Springer was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress. He served as member of the Federal Power Commission, May 1973 – December 1975. He served as member of the Federal Election Commission from May 1976 to March 1979. He was a resident of Champaign, Illinois, until his death on September 20, 1992.