Background
Rankin, William Thomasson was born on June 28, 1854 in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Son of John Walker and Sara D. T. Rankin.
Rankin, William Thomasson was born on June 28, 1854 in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. Son of John Walker and Sara D. T. Rankin.
Bachelor of Arts, Manmouth (Illinois) College, 1874. Studied Columbia College Law School, 1874-1875. Admitted to bar, 1876.
Assistant United States attorney Southern District of Iowa, 1876-1878. City attorney, Keokuk, Iowa, 1884-1886. Assistant general counsel Pullman Company, 1889-1895.
Assistant general attorney, 1895-1905, general attorney, January 1, 1906-1908, C.,Rhode Island&P. Railway Company.
President C.,Rhode Island&P. Railway Company of Iowa, 1903-1905. Farmer, January 1, since 1908.
Club: Colonial.
Married Harriet G. Morrison, of Dayton, O., November 27, 1877.