Seattle Port Commission records 1899-1960

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941

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Lawyer, business executive, Democratic Party leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury, Director General of Railroads, and U.S. senator from California. From the description of Papers of William Gibbs McAdoo, 1786-1941 (bulk 1880-1941). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063506 McAdoo was born near Marietta, Cobb County, GA, on Oct. 31, 1863; attended the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville; admitted to TN bar in 1885 and began law practice in Chattanooga, TN; moved to NYC, 1892; devel...

Turner, George, 1850-1932

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Denver, Colo. businessman. Proprietor of Turner Moving and Storage Company. Active in Denver, Colo. community organizations. From the description of Papers, 1872-1913. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 14710131 Attorney, judge, diplomat and United States Senator from Washington State. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1885-1932. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29852517 ...

Lister, Ernest, 1870-1919

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Ernest Lister was born in Halifax, England on June 15, 1870. His family immigrated to the United States in 1884 to be near Lister's uncle, who was Mayor of Tacoma, WA. Lister operated a foundry and woodworking shop in Tacoma and won election to the Tacoma City Council in 1894 as a Populist. After managing John Rogers' successful gubernatorial campaign, he was appointed chairman of the State Board of Control, giving him authority over the State's welfare institutions. He and Rogers both joined th...

Bogle, Bogle & Gates (Seattle, Wa.)

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Bridges, Robert,  d. 1921

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Seattle Port Commission

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Publicly owned governing body for the Seattle waterfront. The Seattle Port Commission was established by King County voters in September 1911 as a publicly owned and controlled governing body for the City's waterfront area. The Commission had the power to authorize and control improvements to Harbor and transportation facilities on the waterfront, to purchase land, to levy property taxes and issue bonds. The first Port Commissioners were Robert Bridges, Hiram Chittenden ...

National Nonpartisan League. State of Washington

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Poindexter, Miles, 1868-1946

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U.S. senator and representative of Washington, lawyer, and jurist. From the description of Letters of Miles Poindexter, 1923-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068226 Miles Poindexter came to Spokane in 1897 to practice law. In 1904 he was elected Superior Court judge and in 1911 to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. Poindexter was one of the foremost opponents of the Unites States entry into the League of Nations in 1919. An unsuccessful attempt for Senate office in 1927 ...

Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932

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Influential Washington State legislator, Wesley Livsey Jones (1863-1932), was involved in legislation to develop Alaska and to create levees in the Mississippi River Valley. Born near Bethany in Moultrie County, Illinois, Jones attended Southern Illinois College, studied law, and subsequently started a law practice in Decatur, Illinois. In 1889, Jones moved his law practice to North Yakima, Washington. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1899 as a Republican and serve...

Dill, Clarence C. (Clarence Cleveland), 1884-1978

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Clarence Dill came to Spokane in 1908. He taught at Lewis and Clark High School for two years then established a law practice. Dill became secretary to Washington governor Ernest Lister in 1913, and was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1914. He served as senator, 1922-1935. During that time he was instrumental in securing support for the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. An autobiographical book, Where Water Falls (1970), details his lobbying efforts for the dam. Dil...

Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity

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United States. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

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Ross, J. D. (James Delmage), 1872-1939

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Lewis, James, 1863-1939

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United States Senator for the State of Illinois. From the description of Letter, 1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622408 From the guide to the J. Hamilton Lewis letter, 1932, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Lawyer, statesman, U.S. representative from Washington, and U.S. senator from Illinois. From the description of Papers of James Hamilton Lewis, circa 1907-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131193 ...