William S. McKinnon

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
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(s)	Octavia J. Porter
Children	five
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Biography

William S. McKinnon was born at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. 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 April 2, 1878, and had four sons and one daughter.[3] In 1880, he was 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 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 January 1909, but he died at his Ashtabula home on November 17, 1908.[2]

Notes

1. United States. Court of Claims; District of Columbia. Court of Appeals (1917). The Federal Reporter. 240. West Publishing Company. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
2. Upton, Harriet Taylor (1910). Cutler, Harry Gardner (ed.). History of the Western Reserve. 3. New York: The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1346–1348.
3. Sandles 1906 : 565
4. Sandles 1906 : 248
5. Sandles 1906 : 251
6. Gilkey 1901 : 765

References

• 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.