William Allen Northcott (January 28, 1854 – January 25, 1917) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1905 he served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.

William Northcott
27th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office
January 11, 1897 – January 9, 1905
GovernorJohn R. Tanner
Richard Yates Jr.
Preceded byJoseph B. Gill
Succeeded byLawrence Y. Sherman
Personal details
Born
William Allen Northcott

(1854-01-28)January 28, 1854
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
DiedJanuary 25, 1917(1917-01-25) (aged 62)
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Julia Dressor
(m. 1880; died 1881)
Ada R. Stoutzenberg
(m. 1882)
Children2
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William Northcott was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on January 28, 1854.[1][2] He studied law and practiced as an attorney. Between 1882 and 1892 he was the district attorney in Bond County, Illinois. He joined the Republican Party and in 1896 he was elected to the office of the lieutenant governor of Illinois. In this position he served two terms between January 11, 1897, and January 9, 1905, when his second term ended. In this function he was the deputy of the Governors John Riley Tanner and his successor Richard Yates Jr. In 1904 he was an alternate delegate to Republican National Convention. Between 1905 and 1914 Northcott was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois.[1]

He married Julia Dressor on March 31, 1880, and they had one son. Julia died in 1881, and he remarried to Ada R. Stoutzenberg. They had one daughter.[2]

William Northcott died on January 25, 1917, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and he was buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stephens, R. Allan, ed. (1917). "William Allen Northcott". Proceedings of the Illinois State Bar Association: 139–140. Retrieved March 30, 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Raum, Green B. (1900). History of Illinois Republicanism. Chicago: Rollins Publishing Company. pp. 263–264. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "William A. Northcott Dies Suddenly". Alton Evening Telegraph. Excelsior Springs, Missouri. United Press. January 25, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved March 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
1896, 1900
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
1897–1905
Succeeded by