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William Chapin Deming

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William Chapin Deming

Birth
Mount Olivet, Robertson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
9 Apr 1949 (aged 79)
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA
Burial
Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec E Lot 98 Sp C
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B.A. and M.A., Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Member of the KY, WY, and American Bar Associations

A master wordsmith and consummate journalist, Mr. Deming arrived in Cheyenne in 1901 to assume a long and distinguished tenure as the editor of the Wyoming Tribune Newspaper.

By 1902, he was a WY legislator. His leadership and advocacy for governmental funds placed in deposit to draw interest became realized in 1907.

Mr. Deming is responsible for the establishment of the WY State Department of Agriculture. Furthering the vision of Henry Coffeen (# 6854226), he championed a breaking up of Wyoming's original mega ranch lands for the development of semi-arid farming. The endeavor was controversial and prolonged. Mr. Deming prevailed. "His faith, persistence and the years of publicity he gave it overcame both doubt and prejudice and made arid farming secure."

Mr. Deming's pen and his integrity played a major role in Wyoming's establishement of an independent judiciary; workman's compensation;
primary elections; and public utilities regulation.
Source: History of Wyoming, I.S. Bartlett, Editor, 1918.
-submitted by Clint Black, Sep 2011
B.A. and M.A., Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Member of the KY, WY, and American Bar Associations

A master wordsmith and consummate journalist, Mr. Deming arrived in Cheyenne in 1901 to assume a long and distinguished tenure as the editor of the Wyoming Tribune Newspaper.

By 1902, he was a WY legislator. His leadership and advocacy for governmental funds placed in deposit to draw interest became realized in 1907.

Mr. Deming is responsible for the establishment of the WY State Department of Agriculture. Furthering the vision of Henry Coffeen (# 6854226), he championed a breaking up of Wyoming's original mega ranch lands for the development of semi-arid farming. The endeavor was controversial and prolonged. Mr. Deming prevailed. "His faith, persistence and the years of publicity he gave it overcame both doubt and prejudice and made arid farming secure."

Mr. Deming's pen and his integrity played a major role in Wyoming's establishement of an independent judiciary; workman's compensation;
primary elections; and public utilities regulation.
Source: History of Wyoming, I.S. Bartlett, Editor, 1918.
-submitted by Clint Black, Sep 2011


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