William S. McKinnon

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William S. McKinnon
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William Stranchon McKinnon (born December 19, 1852 in Owen Sound , Canada , † November 17, 1908 in Ashtabula , Ohio ) was an American businessman and politician ( Republican Party ). He was a member of the Ohio General Assembly and was Ohio Treasurer of State from 1904 to 1908 .

Career

William Stranchon McKinnon was born in Ontario in 1852 . His family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he grew up and became a mechanic. McKinnon then settled in Ashtabula, Ohio, where he owned several machine shops. He also sat on the Board of Education and City Council. He was elected mayor of Ashtabula. On April 2, 1878, he married Octavia J. Porter. The couple had four sons and one daughter. In 1880 he founded and ran the McKinnon Iron Works Company in Ashtabula Harbor.

McKinnon was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1897 and re-elected in subsequent years. He sat in the 73rd, 74th, and 75th General Assemblies from 1898 to 1903. From 1902 to 1903 he was elected Speaker of the House there. In May 1900 he was appointed Ohio Commissioner to the Pan-American Exposition . The Republican Party nominated him in 1903 for the office of Treasurer of State of Ohio. He won the next election and was then re-elected in 1905. In the following period it was decided to postpone the elections to the even-numbered years. McKinnon decided not to run for re-election in 1908. His term would have ended in January 1909, but McKinnon died on November 17, 1908 in his home in Ashtabula.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Federal Reporter , Volume 240, West Publishing Company, 1917, p. 3
  2. ^ A b c Harriet Taylor Upton and Harry Gardner Cutler: History of the Western Reserve , Volume 3, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, pp. 1346-1348
  3. ^ William Alexander Taylor: The Biographical Annals of Ohio, 1902- , Vol. 2 and 3, 1898 pp. 248, 251 and 565
  4. ^ Elliott Howard Gilkey and William Alexander Taylor: The Ohio Hundred Year Book , FJ Heer, State Printer, 1901, p. 765
personal data
SURNAME McKinnon, William S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKinnon, William Stranchon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American businessman and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Owen Sound , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1908
Place of death Ashtabula , Ohio