Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ly 10, and onSeptember 22 the governor issued his proclamationcalling for the first election to be held on October (23) -I GOVERNORS OF w ASI11 \< ;T.\ .M. In that flection \Yallac<- \v:is :is Idaho-first delegate to congress. n tin- .-\piration of thatterm in congress lie ret urued to his home in Stella-COOm and was elected probate juduc of Iierec county,which position ho held to the time of his death, !•• •]>-riiary 7. 1879. II is life was wholly on the frontier and he washighly respected in Indiana, Iowa, Washington andI
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . ly 10, and onSeptember 22 the governor issued his proclamationcalling for the first election to be held on October (23) -I GOVERNORS OF w ASI11 \< ;T.\ .M. In that flection \Yallac<- \v:is :is Idaho-first delegate to congress. n tin- .-\piration of thatterm in congress lie ret urued to his home in Stella-COOm and was elected probate juduc of Iierec county,which position ho held to the time of his death, !•• •]>-riiary 7. 1879. II is life was wholly on the frontier and he washighly respected in Indiana, Iowa, Washington andIdaho, where was achieved his eventful career. Hewas a Mason for more than forty years and at thetime of his death he was master of Steilacoom LodK1 .No. 2, of Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Wallace Was married on February 3, 1839, Suxana Brazelton, a native of Guilford county,North Carolina. To this union were born two daugh-ters and a son. WILLIAM PICKERING WILLIAM PICKERING Fifth Territorial Governor1862 to 1866. NO. V.— WILLIAM PICKERING The war governor of the territory of Washing-ton was William Pickering. He received his appoint-ment because of a close personal and political friend-ship with Abraham Lincoln. He was born in York-shire, England, in 1798, and graduated from Oxforduniversity in 1820. A year after his graduation hecame to the United States and settled in Edwardscounty, 111. He early allied himself with the Whigparty and began his friendly relations with is credited with having conceived the idea ofand drawn the plans for the first railroad betweenChicago and St. Louis. He had ten years experience in the Illinois legis-lature from 1842 to 1852. In 1860 he was chairmanof the Illinois delegation to the Republican nationalconvention and thus had much to do with securingthe nomination of Lincoln. It is said that PresidentLincoln offered his friend the choice of the UnitedStates ministry in England or the governorship ofthe territory of Was
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