William Russell Willcox

William Russell Willcox (April 11, 1863 – April 9, 1940) was an American politician from New York. On January 1, 1905, he became the Postmaster of New York City. By 1909 he was chairman of the New York Public Service Commission. He served on the Railway Wage Commission in 1918.

Biography Railway Wage Commission with a seated James Harry Covington, Franklin Knight Lane, Charles Caldwell McChord, and William Russell Willcox. Standing are William A. Ryan and Frederick William Lehmann.

He was born on April 11, 1863, in Smyrna, New York, to Thomas L. Willcox. He attended the state normal school in Brockport, New York. He later attended the University of Rochester. descendant of Mayor William Frederick Havemeyer. He encouraged Republican congressmen during votes for the 19th Amendment

Willcox resigned after being appointed to the Railway Wage Commission, also known as the U.S. Railroad Commission in 1918. Others appointed by the Woodrow Wilson administration were U.S. Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane, Charles Caldwell McChord of the Interstate Commerce Commission and D.C. chief justice J. Harry Covington. The commission investigated railroad wages.

According to a 1935 intelligence report compiled by the U.S. War Department, William's son Frederick H. Wilcox was arrested and "held in connection with the smuggling of arms, ammunition and other war materials into Cuba" at Principe Fortress. He and his fellow alleged conspirators were later transferred to Triscornia and deported to the United States.

He became a widower in 1939. He died on April 9, 1940, a Southside Hospital in Bayshore, New York.