Governors of Washington, territorial and state . on territory, he \vasmarried, at Anna, 111., in 1887 to Miss Lizzie this union three sons and one daughter were Mead died in 1898, and on May 5, 1899, at Van-couver, B. C., he was married to Mina J. Piper, awidow, daughter of Albert Hosmer. One son wasborn to this wife. Among other activities after the governorship, hedevoted himself to the work of the Bellingham Cham-ber of Commerce. He became president of that or-ganization in 1911, and in December, 1912, he wasunanimously re-elected. An attack of grip devel-oped into valvul
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . on territory, he \vasmarried, at Anna, 111., in 1887 to Miss Lizzie this union three sons and one daughter were Mead died in 1898, and on May 5, 1899, at Van-couver, B. C., he was married to Mina J. Piper, awidow, daughter of Albert Hosmer. One son wasborn to this wife. Among other activities after the governorship, hedevoted himself to the work of the Bellingham Cham-ber of Commerce. He became president of that or-ganization in 1911, and in December, 1912, he wasunanimously re-elected. An attack of grip devel-oped into valvular disease of the heart. He died onMarch 19, 1913. He had always been a vigorous, campaigning Re-publican. It was therefore a pleasant commentaryon his genial personality when Gov. Ernest Lister,an equally vigorous Democrat, telegraphed to a message of sympathy including thesewords: In his death the state has lost one of itsforemost citizens and I a personal friend. SAMUEL GOODLOVE COSGROVE SAMUEL G. COS GROVE Sixth State Governor 1909. NO. XX.—SAMUEL GOODLOVE COSGROVE Here is a man who was governor of the state ofWashington for a single day. The record of thatday and the struggles that led up to it is a storyfraught with profound pathos and, at the same time,filled with buoyant, optimistic hope. The senate journal for January 27, 1909, says that,on motion of Senator Cotterill, the senate adjournedat 3 oclock to the house chamber for the purposeof \vitnessing the inauguration of Samuel G. Cos-grove as governor of the state of Cosgrove entered the joint session with , escorted by a committee of senators and rep-resentatives. On being introduced by Lieut. , Gov. Cosgrove, pale and emaciated, made abrief address that sorely taxed the small remnantof his strength. Among other things he said: Afew weeks ago I was led down into the valley ofthe shadow, and I was allowed to peep almost onto the other side, but for some reason or other Ihave b
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