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William Yates Atkinson (November 11, 1854 – August 8, 1899) was an American politician who served as the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1894 to 1898.
26 de may. de 2006 · A noted proponent of education and credited with helping to establish the first state women’s college, William Y. Atkinson served two terms as governor of Georgia, from 1894 to 1898. His successful implementation of reform politics helped cut short the Populist threat to the state Democratic Party.
The two-term governor was one of Georgia’s most progressive voices in an era known more for racial demagogues. Born in 1854 in Oakland, Ga., Atkinson practiced law in Newnan in 1893, he became one of Georgia’s youngest governors, and took on the old guard.
WILLIAM YATES ATKINSON, Georgia’s 40th governor, was born in Oakland, Georgia, on November 11, 1854. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1877, then studied law, and established a legal career in Newnan, Georgia. From 1879 to 1882, he served as solicitor of Coweta County.
William Yates Atkinson (1854-1899) was an attorney and Democratic politician from Georgia. In 1879, he was appointed the solicitor of the Coweta Judicial Circuit Court. He later represented Coweta County in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1886 to 1894 and became Speaker of the House in 1892.
On election day, 3 October 1894, Democratic nominee William Yates Atkinson won the election with a margin of 24,259 votes against his opponent People's Party nominee J. K. Hines, thereby holding Democratic control over the office of Governor.
As the governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898, Democrat William Y. Atkinson condemned lynching, reformed the convict lease system, and decreased the state's debt. The portrait of Atkinson, painted by James Pope Field, hangs in the state capitol in Atlanta. Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries.
