WASHINGTON




U.S. TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON

In 1853 the eastern and northern parts of the U.S. Territory of Oregon were
organized as the new Territory of Washington, which, until 1863, also 
comprized parts of later Idaho.
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TERRITORIAL OFFICERS

Territorial Governors (1)

(1) Subordinated to the Department of State until 1873, 
    afterwards to the Department of the Interior

1870 - 1872   Edward Selig Salomon                           1836 - 1913    
1872 - 1880   Elisha Peyre Ferry                             1825 - 1895
1880 - 1884   William Augustus Newell                        1817 - 1901
1884 - 1887   Watson Carvosso Squire                         1838 - 1926
1887 - 1889   Eugene Semple                                  1840 - 1908
1889          Miles Conway Moore                             1845 - 1920
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REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. CONGRESS

Territorial Delegates

1869 - 1873   Selucius Garfielde                             1822 - 1881
1873 - 1875   Obadiah Benton McFadden                        1815 - 1875
1875 - 1879   Orange Jacobs                                  1827 - 1914
1879 - 1885   Thomas Hurley Brents                           1840 - 1916
1885 - 1889   Charles Stewart Voorhees                       1853 - 1909 
1889          John Beard Allen                               1845 - 1903




U.S. STATE OF WASHINGTON

In 1889 Washington became a State of the Union. 
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STATE OFFICERS

Governors

1889 - 1893   Elisha Peyre Ferry                             s.a.
1893 - 1897   John Harte McGraw                              1850 - 1910
1897 - 1901   John Rankin Rogers                             1838 - 1901
1901 - 1905   Henry McBride*                                 1856 - 1937
1905 - 1909   Albert Edward Mead                             1861 - 1913
1909          Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove                       1847 - 1909
1909 - 1913   Marion E. Hay*                                 1865 - 1933
1913 - 1919   Ernest Lister                                  1870 - 1919
1919 - 1925   Louis Folwell Hart                             1862 - 1929
1925 - 1933   Roland Hill Hartley                            1864 - 1952
1933 - 1941   Clarence Daniel Martin                         1887 - 1955
1941 - 1945   Arthur Bernard Langlie                         1900 - 1966
1945 - 1949   Monrad Charles Wallgren                        1891 - 1961



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