Governors of Washington, territorial and state . g to himthrough the long and useful years that followed. He was appointed postmaster of Portland, Oregon,by President Grant and was re-appointed by Presi-dent Hayes. He was a contractor on the construc-tion of the railroad from Roseburg to Portland and (31) 32 GOVERNORS OF \v.\si 11.\< ;T.\ on a portion of the Northern Pacific alongPend Orcille lake and Clark Fork. In 1SS3 he secured a section of land in Spokanecounty, between Cheney and Medical lake. He hadhad many kinds of experiences in mining, boating, railroad buildi
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . g to himthrough the long and useful years that followed. He was appointed postmaster of Portland, Oregon,by President Grant and was re-appointed by Presi-dent Hayes. He was a contractor on the construc-tion of the railroad from Roseburg to Portland and (31) 32 GOVERNORS OF \v.\si 11.\< ;T.\ on a portion of the Northern Pacific alongPend Orcille lake and Clark Fork. In 1SS3 he secured a section of land in Spokanecounty, between Cheney and Medical lake. He hadhad many kinds of experiences in mining, boating, railroad building and in public of-fice. He now settled down as a farmer, which hedeclared was the best work of all. He consented tointerrupt his enjoyment of farm life in 1888 by ac-cepting the office of treasurer of Spokane county,which he held for two terms, the limit allowed forthat office under the state constitution. He died in a hotel in Portland on December 3, 1906. MARSHALL F. MOORE MARSHALL F. MOORE Seventh Territorial Governor 1867 to 1869. NO. VII.—MARSHALL F. MOORE Marshall F. Moore was a well-educated manwho had had a brilliant career as lawyer and soldierbefore he became governor of Washington was born in Binghamton, N. Y., on February 12,1829. He graduated from Yale, studied law andthen began the practice of his profession in NewOrleans. After five years in the Southern metropolishe removed to Sioux City, la. There he was electedprosecuting attorney and was latfr promoted tobe judge of the court of common pleas. He re-moved to Ohio and was married to the daughter ofP. Van Trump, of Lancaster. Later, when he wasappointed governor of Washington territory, he wasaccompanied to the Far West by his brother-in-law,Philemon B. Van Trump, who gained fame by makingthe first ascent of Mount Rainier with Gen. HazardStevens. When the civil war broke out Marshall F. Moorewas quick to respond to the call for volunteers. Heserved under McClellan in Virginia and under Sher-man.
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