William Alexander MacCorkle

Source:  The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published
         1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
         Chicago and New York, Volume III, 

pg. 4
Kanawha County
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MacCORKLE, who was the ninth
citizen to hold the office of governor of West Virginia, has
been a member of the Charleston bar for over forty years
and is a member of the law firm of Chilton, MacCorkle,
Clark & MacCorkle.

He was born at Lexington, Virginia, May 7, 1857, son of
William and Mary (Morrison) MacCorkle. He graduated
in law from Washington and Lee University in 1879, was
admitted to the bar the previous year, and began practice
at Charleston in 1879. The law firm of Chilton, MacCorkle
& Chilton was organized in 1897.

Governor MacCorkle is a democrat. He was elected and
served as prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County from
1880 to 1889. His service as governor extended from March
4, 1893, to March 3, 1897. Some years later he was
elected a member of the state Senate, serving from 1910
to 1914.

Governor MacCorkle is well known as a writer and is
author of "Some Southern Questions," "The Monroe
Doctrine," "The Book of the White Sulphur," and many
addresses and articles upon economic subjects.

October 19, 1881, he married Isabelle Goshorn, of Charles-
ton.

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