Selected officials of Pierce County

(not intended to be complete)

Beverly W. Coiner (Prosecuting Attorney, 1887-89) Beverly W. Coiner (Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-96) Thor C. Tollefson (Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34) Thor C. Tollefson (Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-46)

Politicians who were born in Pierce County

• Fort Lewis: Jim Turner 1946 Pete Olson 1962
• Puyallup: Frank Brouillet 1928 Randy J. Tate 1965
• Tacoma: John M. Coffee 1897 Jack K. McFall 1905 Albert D. Rosellini 1910 Ken Hinchey 1912 John J. O'Connell 1919 William E. Moore 1921 Betty Binns Fletcher 1923 Lyle Franklin Lane 1926 Al Swift 1935 George P. Wuerch c.1936 Mike Kreidler 1943 Gary R. Wilken 1946 Ben Bettridge 1952
• See also Wash. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Pierce County

• Buckley: Clarence Laffey
• Eatonville: Thomas Galbraith
• Edgewood: John Thompson
• Gig Harbor: Raymond Shjerven - Thomas A. Swayze
• Milton: Kenneth H. Simmons
• Puyallup: Frank Brouillet - Nicholas Cizek - Lillie Friese - Jack Geiger - Ted F. Schroeder - Johes F. Wilson
• Spanaway: Frank Berry - Pearl Berry
• Steilacoom: John T. McCutcheon
• Sumner: Karen Boyle - George F. Davis
• Tacoma:
  • Lived in Tacoma, 1850-1899: Beverly W. Coiner - William H. Doolittle - Addison G. Foster - Peter C. Sullivan - James Wickersham
  • Lived in Tacoma, 1900-1949: Emory Asbury - J. M. Ashton - George Hugo Boldt - Homer T. Bone - Ben Britton - Harry P. Cain - Hattie B. Cleveland - John M. Coffee - Beverly W. Coiner - Ralph Cory - Francis W. Cushman - J. Charles Dennis - Gerald G. Dixon - Robert E. Evans - George P. Fishburne - J. D. Fletcher - Henry Foss - Bernard Gufler - Fred Hansen - H. N. 'Barney' Jackson - William Jones - Hinton D. Jonez - J. J. Kaufman - Maurice A. Langhorne - Mrs. Ernest Lister - Wesley Lloyd - Kathryn E. Malstrom - R. L. McCormick - Ralph Metcalf - Reno Odlin - Ernest Thor Olson - Mrs. Paul Olson - Paul A. Olson - Mrs. W. H. Paul - S. A. Perkins - Edward L. Pettus - Elsie Mae Poe - A. A. Rankin - DeWitt Rowland - George A. Smitley - A. N. Thompson - A. R. Titlow - Z. A. Vane - Paul Wagley - Hugh Campbell Wallace - Bessie Wiley
  • Lived in Tacoma, 1950-1999: John H. Anderson - Russell C. Barlow - George Hugo Boldt - John M. Coffee - Donald W. Eastvold - Lucille Eisenhower - Ada Elliot - Floyd Verne Hicks - Maude Hobbs - Richard R. Hodge - John O. W. Jarstad - Lyle Franklin Lane - Betty Jo Neils - Paul A. Olson - Arthur Paulsen - Elsie Mae Poe - George Rupp - V. A. 'Bud' Schwarz - H. M. Tollefson - Thor C. Tollefson - Dick Wynne
  • Lived in Tacoma, 2000-2009: Julie Bjornsson - Christopher Karnes - Joan Robertson - Adam Smith - Yvette Terui
• Near Tacoma: Mrs. Henry Relf
• University Place: Harvey Brooks - Bao Bui - Jane Milhans - Jennie Stephenson
• See also Wash. areas not assigned to counties.

Politicians who died in Pierce County

• Fort Lewis: Albert Johnson 1957
• Fox Island: Dixy Lee Ray 1994
• Lakeview: Theodore C. Sears 1898
• Puyallup: Merle C. Hufford 2000
• Tacoma: William H. Calkins 1894 William H. Doolittle 1914 Homer T. Bone 1970 Thor C. Tollefson 1982 John J. O'Connell 1998 Ben Bettridge 2000 Frank Brouillet 2001

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pierce County

• Fox Island Fox Island Cemetery
• Gig Harbor Haven of Rest Cemetery
• Longbranch Longbranch Cemetery
• Puyallup Woodbine Cemetery
• Steilacoom Fort Steilacoom Cemetery
• Tacoma Calvary Cemetery
• Tacoma Mountain View Memorial Park
• Tacoma Oakwood Cemetery
• Tacoma Old Tacoma Cemetery
• Tacoma Tacoma Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) — of Washington. Born September 3, 1914. Democrat. Governor of Washington, 1977-81; defeated in primary, 1980. Female. Died in Fox Island, Pierce County, Wash., January 2, 1994. Interment at Fox Island Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Dixy Lee Ray: Mary Ellen Verheyden-Hilliard, Scientist and Governor, Dixy Lee Ray (for young readers)
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John O. W. Jarstad (1920-1998) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash., July 22, 1920. Republican. Television sportscaster; candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1970. Died, of heart failure and diabetes at Auburn Rehabilitation Center, Auburn, King County, Wash., June 12, 1998. Interment at Haven of Rest Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004) — also known as James K. Penfield — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 9, 1908. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1932; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1961. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., September 11, 2004. Cremated; ashes interred at Longbranch Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John Rankin Rogers (1838-1901) — also known as John R. Rogers — of Washington. Born September 4, 1838. Governor of Washington, 1897-1901; died in office 1901. Died December 26, 1901. Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Elmer T. Allison (1883-1982) — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn.; Washington. Born in Houstonia, Pettis County, Mo., December 5, 1883. Son of Nathaniel Allison and Mattie (Johnson) Allison; married 1908 to Anna Theresa Swanson; married 1922 to Rose Rosen; brother of Hortense Allison (who married Alfred Wagenknecht); uncle of Helen Allison Winter (who married Carl Winter). Arrested in Cleveland, 1919, on charges of violating the state's criminal syndicalism law; Workers candidate for New York state senate 14th District, 1926; poet. Died in Olympia, Thurston County, Wash., July 18, 1982. Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
  • See also Wagenknecht-Winter family
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• William Henson Wallace (1811-1879) — Born in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, July 19, 1811. Brother of David Wallace; uncle of Lewis Wallace. Lawyer; member of Iowa territorial House of Representatives, 1838; member Iowa territorial council, 1842-43; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Iowa Territory, 1843; candidate for U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1848; member of Washington territorial legislature, 1853; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1861; defeated, 1854; Governor of Washington Territory, 1861; Governor of Idaho Territory, 1863-64; appointed 1863; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1864; probate judge in Washington. Member, Freemasons. Died February 7, 1879. Interment at Fort Steilacoom Cemetery.
  • See also Wallace family of Indiana
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• John J. O'Connell (1919-1998) — of Washington. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., April 30, 1919. Washington state attorney general, 1956-68; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1968. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., March 24, 1998. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) — also known as Thor C. Tollefson — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Perley, Norman County, Minn., May 2, 1901. Son of Christian Tollefson and Bertha (Jacobson) Tollefson; married, November 24, 1934, to Eva M. Keuss. Republican. Lawyer; Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated, 1944, 1964. Lutheran. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Sigma Phi; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Kiwanis. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., December 30, 1982. Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Henry Leavy (1884-1952) — also known as Charles H. Leavy — of Veradale, Spokane County, Wash. Born near York, York County, Pa., February 16, 1884. Democrat. State court judge in Washington, 1926; U.S. Representative from Washington 5th District, 1937-43; federal judge, 1942. Died September 25, 1952. Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Stanton Warburton (1865-1926) — of Washington. Born in Pennsylvania, 1865. Member of Washington state legislature; U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1911-13; defeated (Progressive), 1912 (2nd District), 1914 (3rd District). Died in 1926. Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Homer Truett Bone (1883-1970) — also known as Homer T. Bone — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., January 25, 1883. Lawyer; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1920; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1940; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1944-56; took senior status 1956. Member, Order of the Coif; Gamma Eta Gamma. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., March 11, 1970. Cremated; ashes interred at Oakwood Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; NNDB dossier.
  
  

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• Ernest Lister (1870-1919) — of Washington. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, June 15, 1870. Uncle of Edna Lister. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1909; Governor of Washington, 1913-19; died in office 1919. Died June 14, 1919. Interment at Old Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) — also known as Addison G. Foster — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Massachusetts, 1837. Republican. U.S. Senator from Washington, 1899-1905. Died in 1917. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Ezra Perin Savage (1842-1920) — also known as Ezra P. Savage — of Nebraska. Born April 3, 1842. Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1901-03; Governor of Nebraska, 1901-03. Died January 8, 1920. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) — also known as Francis W. Cushman — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Brighton, Washington County, Iowa, May 8, 1867. Republican. U.S. Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909, 2nd District 1909); died in office 1909. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 6, 1909. Cremated; ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Henry Calkins (1842-1894) — also known as William H. Calkins — of LaPorte, LaPorte County, Ind. Born in Pike County, Ohio, February 18, 1842. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1871; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1877-84 (10th District 1877-81, 13th District 1881-84); candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1884; justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1889; candidate for U.S. Senator from Washington, 1889. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 29, 1894. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Hall Doolittle (1848-1914) — also known as William H. Doolittle — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born near North East, Erie County, Pa., November 6, 1848. Republican. Member of Washington state legislature; U.S. Representative from Washington at-large, 1893-97; defeated, 1896. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., February 26, 1914. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Wesley Lloyd (1883-1936) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Arvonia, Osage County, Kan., July 24, 1883. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Washington 6th District, 1933-36; died in office 1936. Member, Freemasons; Eagles; Elks. Died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C., January 10, 1936. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Thompson (1813-1897) — of Iowa. Born in Pennsylvania, 1813. Democrat. Member of Iowa territorial legislature, 1843; U.S. Representative from Iowa 1st District, 1847-50. Died in 1897. Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Wickersham (1857-1939) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash.; Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska. Born in Patoka, Marion County, Ill., August 24, 1857. Republican. Probate judge in Washington, 1884-88; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1898; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1900; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1909-17, 1919, 1921, 1931-33; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1928. Died in Juneau, Alaska, October 24, 1939. Cremated; ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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