William Northcott

William Allen Northcott (January 28, 1854 – January 25, 1917) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1905 he served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois.

Life William Northcott was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on January 28, 1854. He studied law and practiced as an attorney. Between 1882 and 1892 he was the district attorney in Bond County, Illinois. He joined the Republican Party and in 1896 he was elected to the office of the lieutenant governor of Illinois. In this position he served two terms between January 11, 1897, and January 9, 1905, when his second term ended. In this function he was the deputy of the Governors John Riley Tanner and his successor Richard Yates Jr. In 1904 he was an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Between 1905 and 1914 Northcott was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois.