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PURMAN, William J., jurist, born in Centre county, Pennsylvania, 11 April, 1840. He received a liberal education, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but entered the National army as a private, serving on special duty in the war department and in Florida. He was a member of the Constitutional convention of Florida in 1868, and also of the state senate, judge of Jackson county court in 1868-'9, and United States assessor of internal revenue for Florida in 1870. In 1872 he was chairman of the Republican state executive committee, and was elected to congress as a Republican, serving from 1 December, 1873, till his resignation on 16 February, 1875. He was again elected, serving from 6 December, 1875, till 3 March, 1877, and re-elected, but his seat was successfully contested by Robert H. M. Davidson.
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