Alexander C. Botkin

History of Montana,by Joaquin Miller, 1894
USGENWEB Montana Archives
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Hon. Alexander C. Botkin, Lt. Governor of Montana, is a native 
of Wisconsin, born at Madison, October 13, 1842. 
He is of Scotch Irish ancestry.

His father Alexander Botkin was born in Kentucky, of Irish 
parents, March 4, 1801 and was married to Jane R. 
Sinclair, a native of Scotland. they had three sons of whom 
Alexander C. is the youngest.
Alexander C. Botkin was reared and educated in his native 
county, graduating at the University of Wisconsin in 
1859 and receiving the degree of Master of Arts in 1862. From 
1862 to the close of the war he served as paymaster's 
clerk. In 1866 he graduated in the law department of the
 University at Albany. Between 1869 and 1874 he served as 
city editor first and afterward managing editor of the Chicago 
Times. From 1874 to 1878 he was editor n chief of 
the Milwaukee Sentinel and in 1878 he was appointed United 
States Marshal for the district of Montana by President
Hayes. In this capacity he served until 1885 and from 1886 to 
1890 was City Attorney of Helena. He has also been 
the candidate of the Republicans for delegate to Congress for 
Montana. In 1892 he received the nomination for Lt. 
Governor of the state and was elected in the ensuing election 
by 2,300 majority, running some 1,300 ahead of his 
ticket. He is a member from Montana of the Republican National 
Committee by all of this showing that he has led 
a useful and influential life in the affairs of not only his 
own state but also that of the whole country.

In 1872 he was happily united in marriage to Harriet E. 
Sherman, a native of Woodbury Connecticut and a daughter 
of George P. Sherman, she being a resident of Milwaukee at 
the time of their marriage. They have a son and 
daughter, Alexander W. and Alice Sinclair.


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