William Stranchon McKinnon (December 19, 1852 – November 17, 1908)[1][2] was a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Ohio who was Speaker of the Ohio House and Ohio State Treasurer from 1904 to 1908.
William Stranchon McKinnon | |
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| 24th Ohio State Treasurer | |
| In office January 11, 1904 – November 17, 1908 | |
| Governor | Myron T. Herrick John M. Pattison Andrew L. Harris |
| Preceded by | Isaac B. Cameron |
| Succeeded by | Charles C. Green |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the Ashtabula County district | |
| In office January 3, 1898 – January 3, 1904 | |
| Preceded by | William S. Harris |
| Succeeded by | B. W. Baldwin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 19, 1852 Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Died | November 17, 1908 (aged 55) Ashtabula, Ohio |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Octavia J. Porter |
| Children | five |
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Biography
editWilliam S. McKinnon was born at Owen Sound, Canada West. He was moved to Cleveland, where he grew up, and became a machinist.[3]
McKinnon relocated to Ashtabula, where he owned machine shops, was a member of the Board of Education and city council and was Mayor of Ashtabula. He married Octavia J. Porter on April 2, 1878, and had four sons and one daughter.[3] In 1880, he was the founder and head of the McKinnon Iron Works Company at Ashtabula Harbor.[2]
McKinnon was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1897 and served in the 73rd, 74th, and 75th General Assemblies, 1898–1903.[4] In the 75th General Assembly (1902–1903), he was chosen Speaker of the House.[5]
In May 1900, McKinnon was appointed an Ohio Commissioner of the Pan-American Exposition[6]
In 1903, the Republicans nominated McKinnon for Ohio State Treasurer, and he won the election that year, and again in 1905. Elections were moved to even-numbered years, and McKinnon chose not to run in 1908. His term would have ended in January 1909, but he died at his Ashtabula home on November 17, 1908.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ United States. Court of Claims; District of Columbia. Court of Appeals (1917). The Federal Reporter. Vol. 240. West Publishing Company. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- ^ a b c Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. Vol. 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1346–1348.
- ^ a b Sandles 1906 : 565
- ^ Sandles 1906: 248
- ^ Sandles 1906 : 251
- ^ Gilkey 1901 : 765
References
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- Sandles, A P; Doty, E W, eds. (1898). The biographical annals of Ohio 1906-1907-1908 : A handbook of the Government and Institutions of the State of Ohio. State of Ohio.
- Gilkey, Elliott Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio.