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William Ellery Sweet

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William E. Sweet
23rd Governor of Colorado
In office
January 9, 1923 – January 13, 1925
LieutenantRobert Fay Rockwell
Preceded byOliver Shoup
Succeeded byClarence Morley
Personal details
Born(1869-01-27)January 27, 1869
Chicago, Illinois
DiedMay 9, 1942(1942-05-09) (aged 73)
Denver, Colorado
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoyeuse L. Fullerton-Sweet
ProfessionGovernor

William Ellery Sweet (January 27, 1869 – May 9, 1942) was an American banker and politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Colorado from 1923 to 1925.

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Early life and career

William was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 27, 1869, to Channing and Emeroy Sweet. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1872 when William was two. He attended school there, and graduated from high school in 1887. After high school, he went to college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Swarthmore College. He graduated from Swarthmore in 1890, after three years attending, and earned his Bachelor Degree. He also excelled playing quarterback for the college football team and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.[1]

On October 19, 1892, Sweet married Joyeuse L. Fullerton in Philadelphia. After their marriage, William moved to Denver. He decided to start up an investment banking firm, which led the Sweet family to become wealthy, and even let William to retire in 1922. He donated much of his money to charities, including the Denver YMCA.

It wasn't until 1922 that he became active in politics. He joined the Democratic Party, and he gained most of his support from the farm and labor groups. He was a fierce opponent of the Ku Klux Klan and attributed his loss in the 1924 election to this opposition when he lost to Klansman and Republican nominee Clarence Morley, who ran with the support of the then-politically powerful Ku Klux Klan.[2]

In 1924, after initially supporting McAdoo, he became a "favorite son" candidate for the Colorado delegation at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.[3] In the 1928 presidential election, Sweet crossed party lines to support Herbert Hoover.[4]

Sweet made two unsuccessful attempts to run for the United States Senate as the Democratic nominee in in 1926 and for the Democratic nomination in in 1936. In the final years of his life, William was a proud supporter of the Progressive Party. He died on May 9, 1942, in his Denver home.[5] He had a Georgian Revival style mansion in what is now the Humboldt Street Historic District.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity (13th Ed.). Publishing Concepts, Inc. 1991. pp. 394, 567.
  2. ^ Quillen, Ed (May 21, 2003). "Welcome to Kolorado, Klan Kountry". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ^ Allen, Lee N. (1963). "The McAdoo Campaign for the Presidential Nomination in 1924". The Journal of Southern History. Southern Historical Association. 29 (2): 211–228. JSTOR 2205041.
  4. ^ "Flops to Hoover". Lundington Daily News. October 10, 1928. Retrieved November 12, 2023 – via Google Newspapers. Former Governor William E. Sweet, Democrat, has announced he will support Hoover for President against Al Smith.
  5. ^ "Ex-Governor Dies". St. Petersburg Times. May 10, 1942. Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via Google News Archive.
  6. ^ Norgren, Barbara (December 6, 1976). "Humboldt Street Historic District NRHP Nomination Form". National Park Service. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  7. ^ Thomas J. Noel (May 1, 2016). Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts. University Press of Colorado. p. PT246. ISBN 978-1-60732-422-5.
Party political offices
Preceded by
James M. Collins
Democratic nominee for Governor of Colorado
1922, 1924
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Morrison Shafroth
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Colorado
(Class 3)

1926
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Colorado
1923–1925
Succeeded by
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