"English, William Hayden"@en . . . . "American politician" . . "1822-08-27Z"^^ . "William Hayden English"@en . "1896-02-07Z"^^ . "1896Z"^^ . . . . . . "1822Z"^^ . "William Hayden English (August 27, 1822 \u2013 February 7, 1896) was an American congressman from Indiana and the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1880. English entered politics at a young age, becoming a part of Jesse D. Bright's conservative faction of the Indiana Democratic Party. After a few years in the federal bureaucracy in Washington beginning in 1845, he returned to Indiana and participated in the state constitutional convention of 1850."@en .