Halifax County NcArchives Biographies.....Kitchin, William Walton 
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Source: Cyclopedia
Author: James T. White Co.

William Walton Kitchin

Fifty-first governor of North Carolina - was born near Scotland Neck, North 
Carolina, Oct. 9, 1866, son of William H. and Maria F. (Arrington) Kitchin. 
His father was captain in company I, 12th regiment of North Carolina 
Confederate army, and was a member of the 46th congress.

The son was edcuated at Vine Hill Academy and was graduated at Wake Forest 
College in 1884. During 1885 he edited the "Scotland Neck Democrat," and then 
began the study of law under his father, and afterwards under the late Hon. 
John Manning, at the University of North Carolina. In 1887 he was admitted to 
the bar and in January, the following year, located at Roxboro, NC, where he 
still practices his profession. 

In politics Mr. Kitchin is a Democrat. In 1890 he was chairman of the county 
executive committee; in 1892 was the nominee of his party for the state 
senate, and during 1897-1909 was a member of the 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th and 
59th congresses, being reelected to the 60th congress with a majority of 5,414 
over C. A. Reynolds, Republican.

In November, 1908, he was elected governor of North Carolina by a majority of 
37,342 votes. During the first year of his administration the state 
legislature passed laws for the protection of forests and to regulate the sale 
of foodstuffs and the packing and sale of fish, for the appointment of 
inspectors of electric, gas and water meters, requiring seats for women 
employees, prohibiting blacklisting, and providing for the free treatment of 
indigent persons having diphtheria.

Gov. Kitchin was married Dec. 22, 1892 to Musette Satterfield, of Roxboro.

Additional Comments:
Source:
The National Cyclopedia 
of American Biography
Volume XIV
1910

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