Names of members of the First Legislature of W.T.

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Names of members of the First Legislature of W.T.

This is a listing of names of members of the First Legislature of Washington Territory. The list includes whether they are alive, where they were living and remarks. It is unclear when and who made the list but it was probably written prior to 1905.

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Scudder, J. (Jehu), d. 1854.

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Ward, I. (Ira), b. ca. 1816.

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Thompson, L. F., b. ca. 1829.

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Bigelow, Daniel R.

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Daniel Richardson Bigelow was born March 21, 1824 in Belleville, New York. He joined a wagon-train and headed west on the Oregon Trail to Portland, then sailed up the coast in the schooner Exact to Puget Sound in Nov. 1851. He established a law practice in Smithfield (now Olympia, WA). On June 18, 1854, he married Ann Elizabeth White, the first school teacher in the area. Ann was born Nov. 3, 1836 in Illinois and arrived in Olympia with her family in late 1851. Daniel was Treasurer of Thurston C...

Huntington, H. D., b. ca. 1811.

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Jackson, J. R. (John R.), b. ca. 1800.

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Brownfield, D. F. (Daniel F.), b. ca. 1825.

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McConaha, G. N. (George N.), d. 1854.

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Chapman, J. (John M.), b. ca. 1825.

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Bradford, D. F. (Daniel F.), b. ca. 1820.

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Durgin, L. D. (Leonard D.), b. ca. 1826.

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Tappan, W. H. (William H.), b. ca. 1821.

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Catlin, Seth, b. ca. 1791.

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Crosbie, Henry R., b. ca. 1825.

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Chenoweth, F. A. (Francis A.), b. ca. 1821.

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Francis A. Chenoweth was a lawyer and politician in the Pacific Northwest. He was born in Ohio and moved with his family to Wisconsin where he passed the Wisconsin bar at age 22. In 1849 he moved to the Oregon Territory. He settled in Cascade, OR where he operated a business portaging cargo and passengers across the Columbia River. In 1852 he was elected to the Oregon Territorial Legislature and was an advocate for creating a new territory on the northern side of the Columbia River....

Biles, J. D. (John D.), b. ca. 1831.

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Washington Territory. Legislative Assembly

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Denny, Arthur Armstrong, 1822-1899

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Balch, L. (Lafayette), b. ca. 1827.

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Moseley, Henry C. (Henry Champion), 1826-1892

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Henry Champion Moseley, 1826-1892; b. 23 March 1826, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; d. 9 March 1892, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois. Henry C. Moseley was born somewhere in New England, and became a lawyer. On 14 February 1852, Moseley boarded a steamboat bound for Panama after hearing news of the California Gold Rush. After leaving Panama onboard the steamer, Oregon on 22 March, Moseley arrived in San Francisco on 7 April, and started prospecting six days later; on 5 May, he arrived at a t...

Lewis, A. Lee, b. ca. 1825.

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Bolon, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), d. ca. 1855.

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Yantis, B. F. (Benjamin F.), ca. 1807.

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Sayward, W. T. (William T.), b. ca. 1820.

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Shelton, D. (David), b. ca. 1813.

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Washington (State). Legislature

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Miles, Henry, b. ca. 1824.

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Hale, C. H. (Calvin H.), b. ca. 1824.

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Howe, S. D. (Samuel D.), b. ca. 1829.

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