Territorial Governor Eugene Semple papers, 1887-1889.

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Territorial Governor Eugene Semple papers, 1887-1889.

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General subject and correspondence files documenting official government issues, concerns and activities, including pardon, clemency and appointment documents. The files typically include incoming and outgoing correspondence, reports, and other material pertaining to particular issues.

2.5 cubic ft.

Washington State Archives, Southwest Regional Branch

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SNAC Resource ID: 8065133

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Semple, Eugene, 1840-1908

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Eugene Semple (1840-1908), the son of a U.S. senator from Illinois moved to Portland, Oregon in 1863. Semple served as Oregon state printer from 1870 to 1874, and from 1883-1899, he operated an unsuccessful shingle mill called the Lucia Mill Company in Vancouver, Washington. President Grover Cleveland chose Semple, a Democrat, to replace Republican Watson Squire as governor of Washington Territory, 1887-1889, a period of turbulence and expansive growth in the Pacific Northwest. Semple lost his b...

Washington Territory. Governor (1887-1889 : Semple)

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Eugene Semple was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1840. His father was Gen. James Semple, an activist in the "Fifty-four Forty or Fight" dispute over the joint British-American occupation of Oregon, and later minister to Colombia. As soon as Eugene Semple graduated from the Cincinnati Law School he set out for Portland, Ore., where he began his law practice. In 1882, after serving as Oregon State Printer, clerk of the circuit court, and Portland Police Commissioner, he moved to Vancouv...