Background
Ransom, William Lynn was born on June 24, 1883 in Harmony Township, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Son of Nelson Fullam and Rose (Wiltsie) Ransom.
Ransom, William Lynn was born on June 24, 1883 in Harmony Township, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Son of Nelson Fullam and Rose (Wiltsie) Ransom.
Graduate Jamestown (New York) High School, 1899. Bachelor of Laws, Cornell University, 1905.
Executive secretary to mayor of Jamestown, New York, 1901. Member Ransom & Cawcroft, Jamestown, 1905-1907. Chairman citizens’ commission on charter revision, 1906-1907.
Removed to New York City and associate with William M. Ivins, 1907-1911.
Assistant secretary Public Service Commission, 1st District State of New York, 1911-1913. Justice City Court of New York, 1914-1917.
Chief counsel Public Service Commission, 1st District, 1917-1918. Member Whitman, Ransom, Coulson & Goetz.
Republican state presidential elector, New York, 1916.
Republican and fusion candidate for district attorney New York County, 1917. Member Council on Foreign Relations, American Society International Law, International Law Association, International Bar Association (patron). Chairman Town of Pelham Council of Defense, 1940-1942.
Adviser to representative Permanent Court of International Justice, at San Francisco Conference, 1945.
Member Ransom & Cawcroft, Jamestown, 1905-1907. Member Whitman, Ransom, Coulson & Goetz. Republican state presidential elector, New York, 1916.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, American Society International Law, International Law Association, International Bar Association (patron).
Member American bar association (Executive Committee 1932-1935, president 1935-1936. Member house of deals since 1936.
Member New York State, Westchester County bar associations, Association Bar City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association, Cornell Law Association (president 1924-1927), American Law Institute, New York Law Institute, National Municipal League, American Association for Labor Legislation, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Economics Association, Academy Political Science (trustee), Canadian bar association (honorary), Pilgrims in the United States. Clubs: Union League, Manhattan, Downtown Association, Cornell (New York).
Married Mary Crawford Hope, September 14, 1909 (died April. Married second, Elizabeth Brennan Erikson, May 20, 1944. Children: Dorothy Hope (Mistress Laurence West. Fairfax), William Lynn, Junior.