W. W. McDowell

W. W. McDowell

Lieutenant Governor of Montana
In office 1913–1921
Governor	Sam V. Stewart
Preceded by	William R. Allen
Succeeded by	Nelson Story, Jr.
United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ireland
In office 1933–1934
Preceded by	Frederick A. Sterling
Succeeded by	Alvin M. Owsley
Member of the Montana House of Representatives
In office 1908–1913
Personal details
Born	(1867-01-22)January 22, 1867 Trenton, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1934(1934-04-09) (aged 67) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Lee Sturges
Residence	Butte, Montana
Occupation	Mine operator, businessman, diplomat

William Wallace McDowell (January 22, 1867 – April 9, 1934) was an American politician in the state of Montana who served as Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1913 to 1921. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1913 and was Speaker from 1909 to 1913. ^[1]^[2] McDowell was born in Trenton, Tennessee and came to Montana in 1896. In 1933, he was appointed to serve as United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Ambassador) to Ireland by president Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[3] He died of a sudden heart attack on April 9, 1934 while attending a banquet in Dublin.^[4] He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.

References

↑ "Name M'Dowell Irish Minister". Montana Butte Standard. Butte, Montana. September 14, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
↑ "Montana Legislature - Leadership 1889-Present". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
↑ "W. W. McDowell, Old Butte Resident, Is Named Minister to Irish Free State". Montana Butte Standard. Butte, Montana. September 14, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
↑ "W. W. McDowell, United States Minister to Ireland, Dies in Dublin". The Independent Record. Helena, Montana. April 10, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved December 23, 2015.

United States Ambassadors to Ireland

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Irish Free State (1927–50)	Frederick A. Sterling (1927–34) W. W. McDowell (1934) Alvin M. Owsley (1935–37) John Cudahy (1937–40) David Gray (1940–47) George A. Garrett (1947–50)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1950–present)	George A. Garrett (1950–51) Francis P. Matthews (1951–52) William Howard Taft III (1953–57) R. W. Scott McLeod (1957–61) Edward G. Stockdale (1961–62) Matthew H. McCloskey (1962–64) Raymond R. Guest (1965–68) Leo J. Sheridan (1968–69) John D. J. Moore (1969–75) Walter J. P. Curley Jr. (1975–77) William V. Shannon (1977–81) William E. McCann (1981) (acting) Peter H. Dailey (1982–84) Robert F. Kane (1984–85) Margaret M. O'Shaughnessy Heckler (1985–89) Richard Anthony Moore (1989–92) William Henry Gerald FitzGerald (1992–93) Jean Kennedy Smith (1993–98) Michael J. Sullivan (1999–2001) Richard J. Egan (2001–03) James C. Kenny (2003–06) Thomas C. Foley (2006–09) Daniel M. Rooney (2009–2012) Kevin O'Malley (2014–present)

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