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Politicians in Banking and Finance in Washington

  Thomas T. Aldwell (b. 1868) — of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Wash. Born in Toronto, Ontario, 1868. Republican. Banker; livery stable owner; real estate investor; newspaper editor; Clallam County Auditor, 1897-1900; chair of Clallam County Republican Party, 1900-01. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Aldwell and Sarah Louise (Lloyd) Aldwell; brother of John Lloyd Aldwell; married 1899 to Eva M. Wolf.
  Levi Ankeny (1844-1921) — of Lewiston, Nez Perce County, Idaho; Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash. Born near St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Mo., August 1, 1844. Republican. Mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, 1870; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1900 (delegation chair), 1904; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1903-09; member of Republican National Committee from Washington, 1904-08. Died, following a stroke of paralysis, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash., March 29, 1921 (age 76 years, 240 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
  Relatives: Married, October 2, 1867, to Jennie Nesmith (daughter of James Willis Nesmith).
  Political family: Nesmith-McArthur family of Oregon.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Albert Francis Appleton (1850-1914) — also known as Albert F. Appleton — of Crystal, Pembina County, N.Dak. Born in Yorkshire, England, January 14, 1850. Farmer; banker; delegate to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Pembina County, 1889; member of North Dakota state senate, 1890. Catholic. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 1, 1914 (age 64 years, 260 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Joseph Appleton and Jane Ann (Horner) Appleton; married to Martha Tay.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Clark Bellows (1856-1929) — also known as Edward C. Bellows — of New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa; Washington; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., May 8, 1856. Republican. Banker; member of Washington state legislature, 1890; U.S. Consul General in Yokohama, as of 1900-05; California Corporation Commissioner, 1918-22. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Knights of Pythias. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 27, 1929 (age 73 years, 233 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Bristol Bellows and Eusebia (Dickinson) Bellows; married, August 28, 1883, to Ida Isabel Perry.
  Frank DeWitt Black (1854-1919) — also known as Frank D. Black — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, 1854. Republican. Banker; president, Wallace Lumber Company; vice-president, Sterling Ship Company; director, Seattle Hardware Company; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1896; resigned 1896. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., July 11, 1919 (age about 65 years). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Burnham (1868-1939) — of Jackson, Jackson County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash.; San Diego, San Diego County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego County, Calif. Born in London, England, December 28, 1868. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; retail shoe business; real estate business; banker; U.S. Representative from California 20th District, 1933-37; delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1936. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., June 28, 1939 (age 70 years, 182 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of James Burnham and Maria Ann Drucilla (Steele) Burnham; married, October 1, 1890, to Neva May Ashley; married, December 25, 1932, to Florence Kennett.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elon Edverd Colvin (1878-1962) — also known as E. E. Colvin — of Marysville, Snohomish County, Wash. Born in Cattaraugus County, N.Y., October 18, 1878. Banker; mayor of Marysville, Wash., 1912-17. Died in 1962 (age about 83 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Marysville, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of George W. Colvin and Orsaville (Utley) Colvin; married to Bessie E. Pease.
  Merrill Robert Ebner (1902-1992) — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Born in Cando, Towner County, N.Dak., June 14, 1902. Banker; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1944-48. Died, of cancer, in Virginia Mason Hospital, Seattle, King County, Wash., December 12, 1992 (age 90 years, 181 days). Interment at Associated Order of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Kasper Ebner and Lydia Ebner.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alston Fairservice (1864-1938) — of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash.; Clallam Bay, Clallam County, Wash.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Quebec, October 24, 1864. Republican. Merchant; lumber and timber business; banker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1920. Died, in Providence Hospital, Seattle, King County, Wash., August 9, 1938 (age 73 years, 289 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
  Relatives: Married to Lulu Keltner.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Elisha P. Ferry Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) — also known as Elisha P. Ferry — of Waukegan, Lake County, Ill.; Olympia, Thurston County, Wash.; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Monroe County, Mich., August 9, 1825. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; postmaster at Waukegan, Ill., 1853-54; village president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Lake County, 1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Surveyor-General for Washington, 1871; Governor of Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget Sound National Bank; Governor of Washington, 1889-93. French ancestry. Died of pneumonia and congestive heart failure, in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 14, 1895 (age 70 years, 66 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Brother of Lucien Peyre Ferry; married to Sarah Brown Kellog; father of Eliza P. Ferry (who married John Leary); uncle of Clinton Peyre Ferry.
  Political family: Ferry family of Seattle, Washington.
  Ferry County, Wash. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: City of Waukegan
  Raymond Robert Frazier (1873-1955) — also known as Raymond R. Frazier — of Wisconsin; Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Viroqua, Vernon County, Wis., March 21, 1873. Republican. U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1902-05; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1924. Unitarian. Member, American Bankers Association; Psi Upsilon; Elks. Died October 4, 1955 (age 82 years, 197 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Frazier and Pluma (Powell) Frazier; married, February 22, 1898, to Augusta Wood.
  Bailey Gatzert (1829-1893) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Germany, December 6, 1829. Banker; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1875-76. Jewish. German ancestry. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., April 19, 1893 (age 63 years, 134 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Augustine Kuhn (1841-1918) — also known as Joseph A. Kuhn — of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash. Born in East Berlin, Adams County, Pa., September 1, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; photographer; lawyer; banker; mayor of Port Townsend, Wash., 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington Territory, 1884; member of Democratic National Committee from Washington Territory, 1888. Died in Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash., October 4, 1918 (age 77 years, 33 days). Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph J. Kuhn and Jane Rebecca (McCabe) Kuhn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Harte McGraw (1850-1910) — also known as John H. McGraw — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Penobscot County, Maine, October 4, 1850. Republican. Grocer; Seattle chief of police, 1879; King County Sheriff, 1882; Washington Republican state chair, 1892; Governor of Washington, 1893-97; president, Seattle National Bank. Died June 23, 1910 (age 59 years, 262 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Theodore Mitchell (1901-1978) — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Born April 30, 1901. Banker; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1962-69. Died September 15, 1978 (age 77 years, 138 days). Interment at Associated Order of United Workers Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Miles Conway Moore (1845-1920) — of Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash. Born in Rix Mills, Muskingum County, Ohio, April 17, 1845. Republican. Merchant; banker; mayor of Walla Walla, Wash., 1877; Governor of Washington Territory, 1889. Died in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Wash., December 18, 1920 (age 75 years, 245 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Hughes Murkowski (b. 1933) — also known as Frank H. Murkowski — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., March 28, 1933. Republican. Banker; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alaska at-large, 1970; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1981-2002; resigned 2002; Governor of Alaska, 2002-06; defeated in primary, 2006. Catholic. Polish ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; National Rifle Association; Rotary; American Legion. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Michael Murkowski and Helen (Hughes) Murkowski; married to Nancy Rena Gore; father of Lisa Murkowski.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Arthur Leslie Nerland (1902-1992) — also known as Leslie Nerland; Les Nerland — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Dawson, Yukon Territory, March 11, 1902. Furniture merchant; banker; mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938-40; delegate to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; regent, University of Alaska, 1956-61. Member, Rotary. Died in Issaquah, King County, Wash., February 18, 1992 (age 89 years, 344 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Nerland; married 1926 to Mildred Juanita Kildall.
  Reno Odlin (1897-1979) — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit County, Wash., June 26, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; candidate for U.S. Senator from Washington, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1936, 1944. Member, American Bankers Association; Rotary. Died, in a nursing home at Gig Harbor, Pierce County, Wash., September 15, 1979 (age 82 years, 81 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Thompson Odlin and Jessie Lee (Reno) Odlin; married, July 12, 1922, to Edith Murphy Heston.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elmer Edwin Rasmuson (1909-2000) — also known as Elmer E. Rasmuson — of Alaska. Born in Yakutat, Alaska, February 15, 1909. Republican. President, National Bank of Alaska; regent, University of Alaska, 1950-69; philanthropist; mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, 1964-67; candidate for U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1968. Swedish ancestry. Died, from congestive heart failure, in Seattle, King County, Wash., December 1, 2000 (age 91 years, 290 days). Interment at Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Anton Rasmuson and Jenny (Olson) Rasmuson; married 1939 to Lile Bernard; married 1961 to Mary Louise Milligan; father of Lile Gibbons.
  The Rasmuson Library, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) — also known as H. F. Samuels — of Wallace, Shoshone County, Idaho. Born in Washington County, Miss., April 4, 1869. Lawyer; Shoshone County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in 1907; banker; candidate for Governor of Idaho, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive); Progressive candidate for U.S. Senator from Idaho, 1926. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Knights of Pythias. Died in 1948 (age about 79 years). Interment at Sequim View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Floyd Samuels and Isabelle (Jenkins) Samuels; married, December 25, 1892, to Iona Snyder; married, February 27, 1905, to Ada Marie Jenkins; grandson of Henry Jenkins.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Oliver Ames Spencer (1860-1923) — also known as Oliver A. Spencer — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., February 8, 1860. Banker; Consular Agent for Italy in Seattle, Wash., 1890-1903. Just after finishing a game of golf, he collapsed and died, from heart disease or apoplexy, in Seattle, King County, Wash., September 8, 1923 (age 63 years, 212 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Morris Spencer and Mary Magdalene (De Steigner) Spencer; married, January 17, 1894, to Irene Caroline Lovelace; married, July 21, 1922, to Anna Knights (Lord) LeFevre; married 1923 to Constance Leontine May Cross.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Walter Warner (1879-1980) — also known as W. W. Warner — of Onida, Sully County, S.Dak. Born in Oakdale, Antelope County, Neb., November 20, 1879. Republican. Rancher; superintendent of schools; banker; Sully County Auditor, 1933-36; South Dakota state auditor, 1939-45. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., November 7, 1980 (age 100 years, 353 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Pierre, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Warner and Mary Elizabeth (Love) Warner; married to Claudia R. Getchell.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Henry L. Wilson Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) — also known as Henry L. Wilson — of Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Ind.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., November 3, 1857. Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1896 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Chile, 1897-1904; Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1928. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Loyal Legion. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., December 22, 1932 (age 75 years, 49 days). Entombed at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James Wilson and Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson; brother of John Lockwood Wilson; married 1885 to Alice Vajen; grandson of John Wilson; granduncle of William Cassius Goodloe III.
  Political family: Wilson-Dunn family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1897
  Walter V. Windus (1860-1918) — of Pullman, Whitman County, Wash. Born in Scio, Allegany County, N.Y., December 3, 1860. Brick manufacturer; newspaper editor; real estate business; banker; mayor of Pullman, Wash., 1890-93. Died in 1918 (age about 57 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Pullman, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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