W. W. McDowell

W. W. McDowell
W. W. McDowell
United States Envoy to the Irish Free State
	In office; March 27, 1934 – April 9, 1934
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Frederick A. Sterling
Succeeded by	Alvin M. Owsley
7th Lieutenant Governor of Montana
	In office; January 6, 1913 – January 2, 1921
Governor	Sam V. Stewart
Preceded by	William R. Allen
Succeeded by	Nelson Story, Jr.
11th Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives
	In office; 1909 – 1912
Preceded by	E. W. King
Succeeded by	Alexander MacDonald
Personal details
Born	January 22, 1867; Trenton, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	April 9, 1934 (aged 67); Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary Lee Sturges
Residence	Butte, Montana
Occupation	Mine operator, businessman, diplomat

William Wallace McDowell (January 22, 1867 – April 9, 1934), known as W. W. McDowell, was an American politician in the state of Montana who also served as United States minister to the Irish Free State.

Montana

McDowell was born in Trenton, Tennessee, and came to Montana in 1896. He served in the Montana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1913, and was Speaker from 1909 to 1913.^[1]^[2] He served as Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1913 to 1921.

Ireland

In September 1933, McDowell was appointed to serve as minister to the Irish Free State by president Franklin D. Roosevelt;^[3] he was reappointed in January 1934, as his initial appointment had occurred during a recess of the Senate.^[4] Upon presenting his credentials to Irish leaders on March 27, 1934, his official title was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.^[4] Two weeks later, he died of a sudden heart attack on April 9, 1934, while attending a banquet in Dublin.^[5]

Personal life

McDowell's wife died in Chicago in November 1933, prior to McDowell moving to Ireland; the couple had married in 1912.^[6] After McDowell's death in Dublin several months later, his body was returned to the United States and he was buried in Memphis, Tennessee.