Alexander Campbell Botkin

Alexander Campbell Botkin (born October 13, 1842 in Madison , Wisconsin , † November 1, 1905 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Montana .

Career

Alexander Botkin studied until 1862 at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Afterwards he was assistant to a paymaster 's clerk during the civil war . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Albany in New York State , he was admitted to the bar in 1866. But then he first worked in the newspaper and telegraph industry. He was the editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel and Chicago Times newspapers . Later he also practiced as a lawyer. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1878 he became US Marshal for the Montana Territory . He held this office until 1885. After that he was the legal representative of the city of Helena until 1890 . In 1882, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the position of Congressional Delegate for the Montana Territory.

In 1892 Botkin was elected lieutenant governor of Montana alongside John E. Rickards . He held this office between 1893 and 1897. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . Every lieutenant governor of Montana exercised this function between 1889 and 1972; thereafter the two offices were separated. In 1896 he applied unsuccessfully for the office of governor. Botkin was also a member of his party's state board. Since 1897 he was a member of the Federal Commission for the Revision of Criminal Law ( Commission for the Criminal and Penal Laws ), which he then chaired. He held this post until his death on November 1, 1905 in Washington. Since 1879 he was partially paralyzed. Despite this handicap, he continued his private and political activities until his death.

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SURNAME	Botkin, Alexander Campbell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 13, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH	Madison , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH	November 1, 1905
Place of death	Washington, DC