Alexander Campbell Botkin

Alexander Campbell Botkin (October 13, 1842 – November 1, 1905) was a United States politician from Montana.

[1][3] Botkin was a payroll clerk for the United States Army during the American Civil War (1862–1865).

[1] In 1878, President Rutherford Hayes appointed him United States marshal for the Montana Territory.

[1] In 1880, he lost the use of his legs as the result of an illness following exposure during a winter storm, and he used a wheelchair for the remainder of his life.

[1] In 1897, President William McKinley appointed Botkin to a commission tasked with revising the United States criminal and penal code.