Walter McElreath (July 17, 1867 – December 6, 1951) was an American lawyer, legislator, bank executive, and author in Atlanta, Georgia. McElreath was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1909 until 1912.[1] He was one of the founders and the first leader of the Atlanta History Center and its McElreath Hall is named after him.
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McElreath was born in Lost Mountain, Georgia. He studied at Powder Springs High School and then Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.[1]
McElreath wrote about the Cotton States and International Exposition in his memoirs. He wrote an autobiography.[2] He also wrote about Georgia's state constitution.[3] The Atlanta History Center has a collection of his papers.[1]
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