William Grant Stratton (February 26, 1914–March 2, 2001), known as "Billy the Kid", was the Republican Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1953 to 1961, succeeding Adlai Stevenson in that office. While Attorney General he won his party's nomination for governor in 1952, and defeated Lt. Governor Sherwood Dixon to become the youngest Governor in America at that time. Acquitted of charges of tax evasion in 1965, he died in 2001.