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Washington: Governors


Governors of Washington, 1889-2008 (May be incomplete!)
Elisha P. Ferry 1889-93 John H. McGraw 1893-97 John R. Rogers 1897-1901 Henry McBride 1901-05 Albert Edward Mead 1905-09 Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove 1909 Marion E. Hay 1909-13 Ernest Lister 1913-19 Louis F. Hart 1919-25 Roland H. Hartley 1925-33 Clarence D. Martin 1933-41 Arthur B. Langlie 1941-45 Monrad C. Wallgren 1945-49 Arthur B. Langlie 1949-57 Albert D. Rosellini 1957-65 Daniel J. Evans 1965-77 Dixy Lee Ray 1977-81 John D. Spellman 1981-85 Booth Gardner 1985-93 Mike Lowry 1993- Gary Locke 1997- Christine Gregoire 2007-08

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1889: Eugene Semple, defeated.
  • 1890: Roger Sherman Greene (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1892: Henry J. Snively, defeated; C. W. Young, defeated; J. Hamilton Lewis, defeated.
  • 1896: Peter C. Sullivan (Rep), defeated.
  • 1900: J. M. Frink (Rep), defeated.
  • 1901 Dec 26: John R. Rogers, died in office.
  • 1904: George Turner, defeated.
  • 1908: John Pattison (Dem), defeated.
  • 1909 Mar 28: Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove, died in office.
  • 1912: Robert T. Hodge, defeated; Marion E. Hay, defeated.
  • 1916: Henry McBride, defeated.
  • 1919 Jun 14: Ernest Lister, died in office.
  • 1920: Robert Bridges, defeated; W. W. Black (Dem), defeated.
  • 1924: Ben F. Hill, defeated.
  • 1928: A. Scott Bullitt (Dem), defeated.
  • 1932: Lewis B. Schwellenbach, defeated for nomination.
  • 1936: Ralph A. Horr (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952: Charlie Hodde (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1952: Hugh B. Mitchell, defeated.
  • 1960: Lloyd J. Andrews (Rep), defeated.
  • 1968: John J. O'Connell, defeated.
  • 1972: Jim McDermott (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1976: Dixy Lee Ray (Dem), elected.
  • 1980: Dixy Lee Ray (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1980: Jim McDermott (Dem), defeated.
  • 1984: Jim McDermott (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1996: Jay Inslee (Dem), defeated in primary.

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