William W. Wemple
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William Wallace Wemple (January 19, 1862, in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York – February 11, 1933, in Schenectady, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of James Vanderpool Wemple (1820–1900) and Margaret Ann (Kaley) Wemple (1835–1918). He attended the district schools, Union Classical Institute, and Union College. Then he taught school, and was Principal of the Scotia village school. Then he studied law, graduated from Albany Law School in 1886, was admitted to the bar the same year, and practiced. In 1894, he married M. Adelaide Quaife, and they had five children, among them Assemblyman William W. Wemple, Jr. (1898–1972).
Wemple was District Attorney of Schenectady County from 1896 to 1901; a member of the New York State Assembly (Schenectady Co.) in 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906; and a member of the New York State Senate (31st D.) in 1907 and 1908.
Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/officialnewyorkf04fitc#page/366/mode/1up Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes] by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 347, 349, 351f and 366)
- [https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook01unkngoog#page/n257/mode/1up The New York Red Book] by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 187f)
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035053/http://wemple.org/getperson.php?personID=I1357&tree=Wemple Wemple genealogy]}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/1933/02/12/archives/ww-wemple-dead-exstate-senator-member-of-a-schenectady-law-firm.html W.W. WEMPLE DEAD; EX-STATE SENATOR] in NYT on February 12, 1933 (subscription required)
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Schenectady County | years = 1903–1906 | after = Miles R. Frisbie}}
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{{succession box | before = Spencer G. Prime | title = New York State Senate
31st District | years = 1907–1908 | after = William A. Gardner}}
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Politicians from Schenectady, New York
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Albany Law School alumni
Category:County district attorneys in New York (state)
Category:People from Duanesburg, New York
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature