Wickliffe Stratton

{{short description|4th Attorney General of Washington}}

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{{more citations needed|date=January 2015}}{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_date = {{birth year|1869}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|1869}}

| office = 4th Attorney General of Washington

| governor = John Rankin Rogers
Henry McBride

| termstart = {{start date|1901|01|16}}

| termend = {{end date|1905|01|11}}

| predecessor = Patrick Henry Winston{{Broken anchor|date=2024-07-24|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=1884_Republican_National_Convention#Nominations|reason= The anchor (Nominations) has been deleted.}}

| successor = John Atkinson

| party = Republican

}}

Wickliffe Stratton (1869–1936){{cite web |url= http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/71406933C7BE51C9C784C4A5277DC327 |title=View Record – Washington State Death Records – Wickliffe Buren – Georgina I. Stratton – John B. Stratton – Et Al. – Washington State Digital Archives |first= |last= |work=digitalarchives.wa.gov |year=2015 |accessdate=27 January 2015}} was the fourth Attorney General of Washington from 1901 to 1905.{{cite web |url= https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacyproject/HistoryMakersDetail.aspx?Stratton/Wickliffe/1067 |title=Legacy Project – HistoryMakers Detail on Wickliffe Stratton |first= |last= |work=sos.wa.gov |year=2015 |accessdate=27 January 2015}} He was a Republican and originally from Wisconsin state. Elected at the age of 30 to be the Attorney General, he had previously served as the South Bend City Attorney and Pacific County Prosecutor. While only in office for a single term his concerns were to preserve and promote the state's power to collect taxes.

Stratton took several of the towns of Washington to court to make sure they collected taxes on liquor sold and reported it to the state. He also successfully challenged the Northern Pacific Railroad and was able to establish that it was not exempt from paying taxes on the land in Washington state.