William David Blakeslee Ainey

William David Blakeslee Ainey
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th district
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	George W. Kipp
Succeeded by	Louis T. McFadden
Personal details
Born	(1864-04-08)April 8, 1864 New Milford, Pennsylvania
Died
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Lehigh University

William David Blakeslee Ainey (April 8, 1864 – September 4, 1932) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

He was born in New Milford, Pennsylvania. He attended the State Normal School at Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1887. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Montrose, Pennsylvania. He served as district attorney for Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania from 1890 to 1896. He organized Company G of the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as captain from 1889 to 1894.

Ainey was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George W. Kipp. He was reelected to the Sixty-third. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1914.

Ainey was a delegate to the International Parliamentary Union for International Peace held at Geneva, Switzerland, in 1912, and at The Hague in 1913. He served as secretary and president of the Japanese-American group of interparliamentarians and delegate in 1914 to Tokyo, Japan, and to Stockholm, Sweden. He resumed the practice of law in Montrose. He was appointed a member of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania May 20, 1915, and on August 20, 1915, was elected chairman. He was reappointed for a ten-year term as member and chairman on July 1, 1917, and again on July 1, 1927. He was appointed chairman of the Pennsylvania Fuel Commission in August 1922. He served as president of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners in 1924. He died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1932. Interment in Montrose Cemetery in Montrose, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• William D.B. Ainey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by George W. Kipp	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1911–1915	Succeeded by Louis T. McFadden