Wickliffe Stratton Explained

Office:4th Attorney General of Washington
Governor:John Rankin Rogers
Henry McBride
Predecessor:Patrick Henry Winston
Successor:John Atkinson
Party:Republican

Wickliffe Stratton (1869–1936)[1] was the fourth Attorney General of Washington from 1901 to 1905.[2] He was a Republican and originally from Wisconsin state. Elected at the age of 30 to be the Attorney General, he had previously served as the South Bend City Attorney and Pacific County Prosecutor. While only in office for a single term his concerns were to preserve and promote the state's power to collect taxes.

Stratton took several of the towns of Washington to court to make sure they collected taxes on liquor sold and reported it to the state. He also successfully challenged the Northern Pacific Railroad and was able to establish that it was not exempt from paying taxes on the land in Washington state.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: View Record – Washington State Death Records – Wickliffe Buren – Georgina I. Stratton – John B. Stratton – Et Al. – Washington State Digital Archives . digitalarchives.wa.gov . 2015 . 27 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Legacy Project – HistoryMakers Detail on Wickliffe Stratton . sos.wa.gov . 2015 . 27 January 2015.