Governors of Washington, territorial and state . braryof Congress and other sources of information atthe National Capital, especially in the bafflingcase of Governor Richard D. Gholson. Edmond S. MeanyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, October 30, 1915. CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS NO. I.—ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS 5 NO. II.—FAYETTE McMULLIN 11 NO. III.—RICHARD D. GHOLSON 17 NO. IV.—WILLIAM H. WALLACE 23 NO. V.—WILLIAM PICKERING 27 NO. VI.—GEORGE E. COLE 31 NO. VII.—MARSHALL F. MOORE 35 NO. VIII.—ALVAN FLANDERS 39 NO. IX.—EDWARD S. SALOMON 43 NO. X.—ELISHA PEYRE FERRY 47 NO. XL—
Governors of Washington, territorial and state . braryof Congress and other sources of information atthe National Capital, especially in the bafflingcase of Governor Richard D. Gholson. Edmond S. MeanyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, October 30, 1915. CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS NO. I.—ISAAC INGALLS STEVENS 5 NO. II.—FAYETTE McMULLIN 11 NO. III.—RICHARD D. GHOLSON 17 NO. IV.—WILLIAM H. WALLACE 23 NO. V.—WILLIAM PICKERING 27 NO. VI.—GEORGE E. COLE 31 NO. VII.—MARSHALL F. MOORE 35 NO. VIII.—ALVAN FLANDERS 39 NO. IX.—EDWARD S. SALOMON 43 NO. X.—ELISHA PEYRE FERRY 47 NO. XL—WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NEWELL 53 NO. XII.—WATSON CARVOSSO SQUIRE 59 NO. XIII.—EUGENE SEMPLE 65 NO. XIV.—MILES CONWAY MOORE 71 STATE GOVERNORS NO. XV.—ELISHA PEYRE FERRY 75 NO. XVI.—JOHN HARTE McGRAW 79 NO. XVII.—JOHN RANKIN ROGERS 85 NO. XVIII.—HENRY McBRIDE 91 NO. XIX.—ALBERT EDWARD MEAD 95 NO. XX.—SAMUEL GOODLOVE COSGROVE 99 NO. XXL—MARION E. HAY 105 NO. XXII.—ERNEST LISTER Ill GREAT SEAL OF THE TERRITORY. GREAT SEAL OF THE TERRITORY GOVERNORS OF WASHINGTON INTRODUCTION In a series of brief biographical articles thecareers of the men who have exercised the chiefexecutive power in this commonwealth are to betraced from day to day in the Post-Intelligencer.* The Astoria settlement of 1811 was too brief forthe Americans to establish at that time even therudiments of government in the Pacific British who followed, first with the NorthwestCompany of Montreal and later with the HudsonsBay Company, established a rude sort of rule whichbecame the first form of government during theyears of joint occupancy by British and this time Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factorof the Hudsons Bay Company, became the realexecutive. The British fur hunters increased innumber, while the Astoria Americans missionaries began to arrive in 1834 andinside of ten years they were followed by Americanfur hunters and pione
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