Joe Smith papers, 1890-1962.

La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his career, he ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history." Born...

Cotterill, George F. (George Fletcher), 1865-1958

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Mayor of Seattle, Washington State senator, and construction engineer. George Cotterill, Seattle's assistant city engineer beginning in 1892, was instrumental in the construction of the city's first sewer system and 25 miles of bicycle paths. Cotterill was elected to the state senate in 1906, where he framed the successful amendment to the state constitution recognizing the right of female suffrage. In 1912 he was elected mayor of Seattle on a platform of moral reform an...

Seattle City Light

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Seattle Dept. of Lighting and Water Works created in 1890; city charter amendment in 1910 created the Lighting Dept.; in 1951 the Department purchased the private electrical power supply operations in Seattle; current name of the agency was adopted in 1978 when the Department was reorganized. Seattle approved the purchase of the land and money for construction of the plant in 1913; construction began in 1914, and was finished in 1917. Additions were made in 1918 and 1921. The plant was decommiss...

Gill, Hiram V.

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Hay, Marion E., 1865-1933

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Marion Hay came to Davenport, Wash. in 1888 and established a mercantile business. In 1889 he moved to Wilbur, Wash. and opened the M.E. & E.T. Hay Department Store. Hay was mayor of Wilbur and chairman of the Lincoln County Republican Central Committee, 1898-1902. In 1908 he was elected lieutenant governor of Washington, and after Governor Cosgrove's resignation because of ill health, Hay became governor in 1909. During his administration the Workman's Compensation Law and women's suffrage ...

Republican Party (Wash.)

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United States. Army. Washington Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1st

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Smith, Joe, 1872-1962

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Seattle journalist and political activist. Born in Laddonia, Mo., in 1872; died in Seattle, Wash., in 1962. After settling in Endicott, Washington, in 1883 to homestead, Smith's father expanded his landholdings and became one of the larger wheat farmers in the Palouse. In 1889, at the age of 16, Joe Smith began keeping a meticulously detailed diary while working on his father's farm. After attending Missouri State University, Smith began writing for the Spokane Spokesman...

Blethen, Alden Joseph, 1845-1915

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Democratic Party (Wash.)

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Brainerd, Erastus, 1855-1922

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Author, editor, publicist, and public official from Washington (State) From the description of Erastus Brainerd papers, 1868-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83271975 ...

LaFollette Presidential Committee.

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Populist Party (Wash.)

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Seattle Direct Legislation League.

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Progressive Republican League of Washington.

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Dilling, George W.

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