Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ect a statueof the governor in the capital city. John R. Rogers was born in Brunswick, Maine,1838. After a common school education in his na-tive town he went to Boston and learned the phar-macy business. He managed a drug store in Missis-sippi until the approach of the civil war, when hebecame a farmer and school teacher in Cumberlandcounty, Illinois. In 1876 ho moved to Kansas andhad a varied experience in that state. He was afarmer and was elected to local offices and estab-lished and edited the Kansas Commoner. He cameto the state of Washing
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ect a statueof the governor in the capital city. John R. Rogers was born in Brunswick, Maine,1838. After a common school education in his na-tive town he went to Boston and learned the phar-macy business. He managed a drug store in Missis-sippi until the approach of the civil war, when hebecame a farmer and school teacher in Cumberlandcounty, Illinois. In 1876 ho moved to Kansas andhad a varied experience in that state. He was afarmer and was elected to local offices and estab-lished and edited the Kansas Commoner. He cameto the state of Washington in 1890, making hishome at Puyallup, Pierce county, until he took uphis residence in the capital city. At the time of his death Federal Judge C. H. Han-ford addressed his court, briefly eulogizing thecharacter of the man and concluding: The recordwill show that the court, upon the motion of Sen-ator Allen, stands adjourned for the day, out ofrescect to the memory of Gov. Rogers. HENRY McBRIDE HENRY McBRIDE Fourth State Governor 1901 to 1905. NO. XVIII.—HENRY McBRIDE Henry McBride was the first man to succeed tothe governorship from the office of lieutenant gov-ernor. In territorial days the secretary often actedas governor during- the absence of the chief execu-tive. After statehood, the lieutenant governor didthe same thing on a number of occasions. On thedeath of Gov. Rogers, December 26, 1901, Mr. Mc-Bride was at once sworn iji <u. governor. Being aRepublican, he and the other state officers, as wellas the legislature, were brought into political Gov. Miles C. Moore, who had journeyedfrom Walla Walla to attend the funeral of , took occasion to say: The people of thestate are to be congratulated that the unfinishedwork of this great office has descended to one soable to discharge it. Gov. McBride is a man ofpower and executive force, and the people may restassured the varied interests of our commonwealthwill be safe in his hands. An even more
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