Vanderbilt Alumnus Magazine
October 1924
W.T. McLAIN Promoted
W.T. McLain (B.S. ’07, LL.B., ’09) recently was named Attorney-General for the Fifteenth district, Shelby county, Tenn., by Gov. Austin PEAY, succeeding Gen. Sam O. BATES, resigned. Mr. McLAIN was a member of the football team in 1906, 1907, and 1908. He is a former member of the Tennessee General Assembly, was at once time Vice-Mayor and Police Commissioner of Memphis, and served for a year as Assistant Attorney-General. He resigned the latter position in 1920 to become County Attorney of Shelby County, which post he relinquished to assume his new duties.