William H. Timlin

The Honorable
William H. Timlin
The Honorable William H. Timlin
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
	In office; January 1, 1907 – August 21, 1916
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Franz C. Eschweiler
Personal details
Born	William Henry Timlin; May 28, 1852; Mequon, Wisconsin
Died	August 21, 1916 (aged 64); Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Spouses	Cecelia L. Arpin; (m. 1880; died 1935);
Children	William Henry Timlin, Jr.; (b. 1883; died 1934); Adah Ellen (Frey); (b. 1884; died 1940); Kathleen Adeline (Rice); (b. 1905; died 1985); Cecil Timlin; (died young);
Parents	Edward Timlin (father); Hannah Timlin (mother);
Relatives	Thomas F. Timlin (1st cousin)

William Henry Timlin (May 28, 1852 – August 21, 1916) was an American lawyer and judge. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the last ten years of his life.

Biography

Born in Mequon, Wisconsin. His father was an Irish American immigrant who had served as Treasurer of Washington County, Wisconsin, which then also included all of Ozaukee County.^[1] His mother died when he was six, and his father, who volunteered for the Union Army, disappeared during the American Civil War. Thus Timlin was raised, from age nine, by his uncle, who was a farmer struggling with financial hardship.^[1]

He worked on his uncle's farm but got little formal education. His uncle died during his teenage years, and more hardship followed. He studied surveying and stenography and taught school to make money. At age 25, he was employed as a stenographer at the Wisconsin Circuit Court in Kewaunee, Wisconsin.^[2]

Timlin studied law under G. G. Sedgwick, and later H. G. and W. J. Turner, and was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in 1878. He practiced law in Kewaunee, where he also served as superintendent of the public schools. He later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he carried on his legal career.^[1]^[2]

In 1906, he was elected to a newly created seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He did not run for re-election in 1916, but died four months before the end of his term.^[2]

Electoral history

Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, 1906^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
General Election, April 1906
	Nonpartisan	William H. Timlin	60,528	35.61%
	Nonpartisan	James O'Neill	51,848	30.51%
	Nonpartisan	Allen R. Bushnell	39,818	23.43%
	Nonpartisan	H. H. Grace	16,419	9.66%
		Scattering	1,349	0.79%
Plurality			8,680	5.11%
Total votes			169,962	100.0%

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Berryman, John R., ed. (1898). History of the Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. Vol. 1. Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr. p. 541.
^ ^a ^b ^c "William H. Timlin (1852-1916)". Courts of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ Beck, J. D., ed. (1907). "Part III. Election statistics". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 931. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

External links

William H. Timlin at Find a Grave

Legal offices
New seat	Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court 1907 – 1916	Succeeded by Franz C. Eschweiler

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[bench-1] Berryman, John R., ed. (1898). History of the Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. Vol. 1. Chicago: H. C. Cooper, Jr. p. 541.

[wicourts-2] "William H. Timlin (1852-1916)". Courts of Wisconsin. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

[3] Beck, J. D., ed. (1907). "Part III. Election statistics". The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 931. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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