William J. Coombs

William Jerome Coombs (December 24, 1833 – January 12, 1922) was a Bourbon Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, serving two terms from 1891 to 1895.

President Grover Cleveland appointed Coombs a director of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1894, with a special commission to collect the debts due the United States Government from the various Pacific railroads.

Coombs later served as president of the Manufacturers' Terminal Co., and after that headed the Title Guarantee & Trust Co. of Brooklyn.

In 1904, Coombs became president of the South Brooklyn Savings Institution,[1] in which capacity he served until his death on January 12, 1922, aged 88.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress