William W. Stickney (politician)

For the lawyer and general, see William W. Stickney (USMC).

William Wallace Stickney
File:William Wallace Stickney (Vermont governor).jpg Closeup of full length photo taken from 1912's Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography
48th Governor of Vermont
In office October 4, 1900 – October 3, 1902
Lieutenant	Martin F. Allen
Preceded by	Edward C. Smith
Succeeded by	John G. McCullough
Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1892–1896
Preceded by	Hosea A. Mann Jr.
Succeeded by	William A. Lord
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Ludlow
In office 1892–1896
Preceded by	Hiram L. Warner
Succeeded by	Frank A. Walker
State's Attorney of Windsor County, Vermont
In office 1890–1892
Preceded by	William Brunswick Curry Stickney
Succeeded by	Frederick C. Southgate
In office 1882–1884
Preceded by	Thomas O. Seaver
Succeeded by	James J. Wilson
Personal details
Born	(1853-03-21)March 21, 1853 Plymouth, Vermont
Died	Sarasota, Florida
Resting place	Pleasant View Cemetery, Ludlow, Vermont
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Lincoln Sarah E. Moore
Education	Black River Academy Phillips Exeter Academy
Profession	Attorney

William Wallace Stickney (March 21, 1853 – December 15, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician. As a Republican, he served as the 48th governor of Vermont from October 4, 1900, to October 3, 1902.

Biography

Stickney was born in Plymouth, Vermont on March 2, 1853, a son of John Winslow Stickney and Ann Pinney Stickney. He graduated from Black River Academy in Ludlow, Vermont in 1873 and Phillips Exeter Academy in 1877. He went on to study law in the office of William H. Walker, was admitted to the bar in 1878 and practiced in Ludlow as the partner of John G. Sargent. Among the prospective attorneys who studied under Stickney and Sargent were Julius A. Willcox, who later served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, and Joseph F. Radigan, who later served as Vermont's United States Attorney. Stickney married Elizabeth Lincoln on May 4, 1881. After her death on March 29, 1903, he married Sarah Effie Moore in Sarasota, Florida, on June 1, 1905.

Career

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Stickney in 1900

Stickney was president of the Ludlow Savings Bank and Trust Company. He was clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1882 to 1892 and was state's attorney for Windsor County from 1882 to 1884 and again from 1890 to 1892. He was elected in 1892 to represent Ludlow in the Vermont House of Representatives, and served until 1896; he was selected to serve as Speaker of the House in his first term, and held the post during his entire House tenure.

Elected to the office of Governor of Vermont in 1900, he served from October 4, 1900 to October 3, 1902. Sargent served as Stickney's Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant). A cousin of the Calvin Coolidge family, Stickney appointed Coolidge's father John Coolidge to his military staff with the rank of colonel. As governor, he favored abolishing the office of Tax Commissioner. During his administration, legislation was passed establishing the boundary line between Massachusetts and Vermont. After serving one term, he returned to his law practice and banking and insurance interests. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Norwich University in 1902.

As a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention, he seconded Calvin Coolidge's nomination for president.

In 1926 Stickney was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination. Stickney's Ludlow home is now a bed and breakfast called "The Governor's Inn."

Death

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Lizzie Lincoln Stickney (1903)

Stickney died in Sarasota, Florida, and was interred at Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow, Vermont.

External links

• William W. Stickney at Find a Grave
• National Governors Association
• The Political Graveyard
• Encyclopedia, Vermont Biography
• The Governors Inn.com

Party political offices
Preceded by Edward Curtis Smith	Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont 1900	Succeeded by John G. McCullough
Political offices
Preceded by Edward C. Smith	Governor of Vermont 1900–1902	Succeeded by John G. McCullough