William Story

William Story (April 4, 1843 – June 20, 1921) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and later the seventh lieutenant governor of Colorado, serving from 1891 to 1893 under Governor of Colorado John Long Routt.

Education and career Born in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Story graduated from the University of Michigan in 1864. He joined the 39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment of the Union Army as a sergeant and served from 1864 to 1865. He was in private practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1865 to 1866, and in Fayetteville, Arkansas, from 1866 to 1867.

The House committee found that Story's testimony was “lame, disconnected and unsatisfactory.”

Later career and death Story then moved to Colorado, settling first in Denver in 1877, and then moving to Ouray. He built up a large law practice, and during his first ten years in practice he served as attorney for the City and County of Denver. He had other interests in mining, banking, building of roads and railroads (Rio Grande Southern). He served as the lieutenant governor of Colorado from 1891 to 1893. In 1913, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he established a law practice, Story & Steigmeyer. He then relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he died in 1921.

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