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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Washington
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

  Alan Austerman (b. 1943) — of Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. Born in Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., May 23, 1943. Republican. Police officer; longshoreman; business owner; member of Alaska state house of representatives; elected 1994, 1996, 1998; member of Alaska state senate District C, 2000-. Member, Jaycees; Elks; National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2001.
  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
  Richard Chilcott (1855-1917) — of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap County, Wash.; Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in England, May 15, 1855. Naturalized U.S. citizen; sea captain; shipbroker; stevedoring business; Consul for Central America in Seattle, Wash., 1898; Consul for Honduras in Seattle, Wash., 1899-1903; Consul for Nicaragua in Seattle, Wash., 1899-1903. English and Irish ancestry. Died, from Bright's disease, heart delatation, and arteriosclerosis, in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., August 31, 1917 (age 62 years, 108 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Chilcott and Kate (Croake) Chilcott; married, March 23, 1909, to Jessie Elizabeth Knudson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Rudolph Walter De Lion (1838-1894) — also known as R. W. De Lion — of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Bavaria, Germany, 1838. Ship captain; dry dock business; Consul for Chile in Port Townsend, Wash., 1885-92; mayor of Port Townsend, Wash., 1887; Consul for Chile in Tacoma, Wash., 1892-94. German ancestry. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Seattle, King County, Wash., February 27, 1894 (age about 55 years). Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Wash.
  Relatives: Married to Louise Steffin.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Albert Edwin Edwards (b. 1879) — also known as A. E. Edwards — of Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash.; Deming, Whatcom County, Wash. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, September 10, 1879. Democrat. Midshipman, English merchant marine; sailor, U.S. merchant marine; officer and captain, Yukon River steamboats; merchant; miner; rancher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1928 (alternate), 1948; member of Washington state house of representatives, 1933-36, 1955-63; member of Washington state senate 41st District, 1937-52. Episcopalian. Member, Lions; Elks; Eagles; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Grange; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of A. E. Edwards and Margaret (Hansen) Edwards; married, August 13, 1959, to Dorothy Birchall.
  Edwin Hughes (1855-1909) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in England, 1855. Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship agent; Honorary Consul for Guatemala in Seattle, Wash., 1897-1902. English ancestry. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., September 6, 1909 (age about 54 years). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Married, June 5, 1889, to Emeline Egan Shufeldt.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Moran (1857-1943) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born January 26, 1857. Republican. Shipbuilder; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1888-90. Died March 28, 1943 (age 86 years, 61 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Will H. Parry (1864-1917) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 29, 1864. Newspaper editor and publisher; treasurer and manager, Moran Shipbuilding Co., 1900-15; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-17; died in office 1917. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; Union League. Died, in a hospital at Washington, D.C., April 21, 1917 (age 52 years, 296 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William M. Parry and Elizabeth (Gillette) Parry; married, January 15, 1891, to Harriet Phelps.
  Henry Rothschild (1863-1938) — of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash. Born in Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Wash., 1863. Consular Agent for France in Port Townsend, Wash., 1886-95; shipbroker; stevedoring business; lumber exporter. German ancestry. Member, Elks. Died in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., May 16, 1938 (age about 74 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of David Charles Henry Rothschild and Doretta (Hartung) Rothschild.
  John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) — also known as John W. Sprague — of Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in White Creek, Washington County, N.Y., April 4, 1817. Erie County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the Medal of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia, in 1862; railroad executive; mayor of Tacoma, Wash., 1883. Died in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., December 27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Otis Sprague and Polly (Peck) Sprague; married to Lucy Wright, Julia Frances Choate and Abigail Choate.
  The city of Sprague, Washington, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
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