William J. Stratton

William Joseph Stratton (January 28, 1886 – May 8, 1938) was an American politician.

Born in Ingleside, Illinois, Stratton was a farmer and an Illinois state game warden. Illinois Governor William Stratton was his son. He served as a township supervisor and was a Republican. He served as first director of the Illinois Department of Conservation. From 1920 until 1933, Stratton served as Illinois Secretary of State. Stratton died in Ingleside, Illinois.^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ William Joseph Stratton-Database
↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1931-1932,' Biographical Sketch of William J. Stratton, pg. 94-95

Political offices
Preceded by Louis L. Emmerson	Secretary of State of Illinois 1929–1933	Succeeded by Edward J. Hughes

Illinois Secretaries of State

Kane Lockwood Blackwell Birkbeck Forquer Field Douglas Trumbull Campbell Cooley Gregg Starne Hatch Tyndale Rummell Harlow Dement Pearson Hinrichsen Rose Doyle Woods Stevenson Emmerson Stratton Hughes Rowe Barrett Carpentier Chamberlain Powell Lewis Howlett Dixon Edgar Ryan White

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