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Presbyterian Politicians in Washington

  William David Askren — also known as William D. Askren — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Republican. Lawyer; superior court judge in Washington, 1921-24; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1925-28; resigned 1928. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Wirt Askren and Nettie Eleanor (Lawhead) Askren; married, June 5, 1907, to Bessie Frances Caldwell.
  Doris Marian Barnes (1891-1977) — also known as Doris M. Barnes; Doris Marian Plummer; Mrs. Frank Scott Barnes — of Wrangell, Alaska; Everett, Snohomish County, Wash. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., August 27, 1891. Republican. Insurance agent; mayor of Wrangell, Alaska, 1946-48, 1960-62; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-52; member of Alaska territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1955-57; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1960; vice-chair of Alaska Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Beta Sigma Phi. Died in April, 1977 (age 85 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Oakes M. Plummer and Jessie B. (Kribs) Plummer; married, March 20, 1912, to Frank Scott Barnes.
  George Hugo Boldt (1903-1984) — of Seattle, King County, Wash.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 28, 1903. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1953-71; took senior status 1971. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Shriners. Died March 18, 1984 (age 80 years, 81 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George F. Boldt and Christine (Carstensen) Boldt; married, November 17, 1928, to Eloise Baird.
  Frank Buster Brouillet (1928-2001) — also known as Frank Brouillet; "Buster" — of Puyallup, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Puyallup, Pierce County, Wash., May 18, 1928. Democrat. School teacher; athletic coach; member of Washington state house of representatives 25th District, 1957-73; Washington superintendent of public instruction, 1973-89. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi; Grange; Elks; Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of complications from leukemia, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 20, 2001 (age 72 years, 247 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Vern Brouillet and Doris (Darr) Brouillet; married 1956 to Marge E. Sarsten.
  Johnston B. Campbell (b. 1868) — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Moorhead, Clay County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Stillwater, Washington County, Minn., August 5, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1921-30. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Campbell and Lucinda (Fee) Campbell; married, September 13, 1893, to Martha Shearer.
  Clarence Cash Cole (1891-1959) — also known as Cash Cole — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Washington, 1891. Republican. Member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1923-24; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1940. Presbyterian. Died in 1959 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.
  William Franklin Devin (1898-1982) — also known as William F. Devin — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, March 28, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; municipal judge in Washington, 1939-42; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1942-52; defeated, 1941, 1952. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Phi Delta Phi; Royal Arcanum. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., February 2, 1982 (age 83 years, 311 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of Oliver Peyton Devin and Mina Marie (Kern) Devin; married, September 3, 1924, to Helen Hogue.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) — also known as William O. Douglas — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima County, Wash. Born in Maine, Otter Tail County, Minn., October 16, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; United World Federalists; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., January 19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August 16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to Kathleen Heffernan.
  Cross-reference: Warren Christopher — William A. Norris
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website
  Books by William O. Douglas: Of Men and Mountains (1982) — My wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go East, Young Man (1974) — The Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O. Douglas (1980)
  Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce Allen Murphy, Wild Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas
  Michael Bradley Enzi (1944-2021) — also known as Mike Enzi — of Gillette, Campbell County, Wyo. Born in Bremerton, Kitsap County, Wash., February 1, 1944. Republican. Shoe store owner; mayor of Gillette, Wyo., 1975-82; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming state senate, 1991-96; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1997-2021. Presbyterian. Broke his neck and ribs in a bicycle accident, and died three days later in a hospital at Loveland, Larimer County, Colo., July 26, 2021 (age 77 years, 175 days). Interment at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Gillette, Wyo.
  Relatives: Son of Elmer Jacob Enzi and Dorothy (Bradley) Enzi; married, June 7, 1969, to Diana Buckley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfred Theodore Goodwin (b. 1923) — also known as Alfred T. Goodwin — of Salem, Marion County, Ore. Born in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Wash., June 29, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper reporter; lawyer; circuit judge in Oregon, 1955-60; justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1960-69; U.S. District Judge for Oregon, 1969. Presbyterian. Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha Tau Omega. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of Alonzo Theodore Goodwin and Miriam Hazel (Williams) Goodwin; married, December 23, 1943, to Marjorie Elizabeth Major; married, December 23, 1949, to Mary Ellin Handelin.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Marion E. Hay (1865-1933) — of Wilbur, Lincoln County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane County, Wash. Born in Adams County, Wis., December 9, 1865. Republican. Merchant; chair of Lincoln County Republican Party, 1898-1902; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1900; Lieutenant Governor of Washington, 1909; Governor of Washington, 1909-13; defeated, 1912. Presbyterian. Died in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., November 21, 1933 (age 67 years, 347 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Murry Hay and Mary L. (Coming) Hay; married, January 16, 1887, to Lizzie L. Muir.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) — also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill — of Waterville, Douglas County, Wash. Born in Franklin, Izard County, Ark., April 2, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in Washington, 1917-23; U.S. Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated, 1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., March 16, 1958 (age 82 years, 348 days). Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Martin Jackson (1912-1983) — also known as Henry M. Jackson; "Scoop" — of Everett, Snohomish County, Wash. Born in Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., May 31, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney, 1938-40; U.S. Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1941-53; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1953-83; died in office 1983; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1960-61; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972, 1976. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Chi. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1984. Died in Everett, Snohomish County, Wash., September 1, 1983 (age 71 years, 93 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Jackson and Marie (Anderson) Jackson; married, December 16, 1961, to Helen E. Hardin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Books about Henry M. Jackson: Robert Gordon Kaufman, Henry M. Jackson : A Life in Politics — William W. Prochnau, A Certain Democrat : Senator Henry M. Jackson, a political biography
  Clyde Garfield Jeffers (1881-1956) — also known as Clyde G. Jeffers — Born in Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, July 2, 1881. Lawyer; Grant County Prosecuting Attorney, 1913-17; superior court judge in Washington, 1923-39; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1939-48. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Olympia, Thurston County, Wash., February 16, 1956 (age 74 years, 229 days). Interment at Claquato Cemetery, Chehalis, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Byron Jeffers and Edith (Day) Jeffers; married, August 18, 1935, to Garnette Robinson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Rumer Jeffrey (b. 1889) — also known as Frank R. Jeffrey — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., October 22, 1889. Republican. Newspaper reporter; private secretary to U.S. Sen. Wesley L. Jones; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, 1921-25. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas P. Jeffrey and Sarah (Crossfield) Jeffrey; married, November 13, 1919, to Ray Rose.
  Arthur Bernard Langlie (1900-1966) — also known as Arthur B. Langlie — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore County, Minn., July 25, 1900. Republican. Mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1938-41; defeated, 1936; resigned 1941; Governor of Washington, 1941-45, 1949-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 1944, 1948, 1952 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker), 1956; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; Royal Arcanum. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., July 24, 1966 (age 65 years, 364 days). Interment at Acacia Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
  Relatives: Married to Evelyn Pansy Baker.
  Campaign slogan (1956): "High Office Demands High Principles."
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Jeremy Lewis (b. 1934) — also known as Jerry Lewis — of Highland, San Bernardino County, Calif.; Redlands, San Bernardino County, Calif. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., October 21, 1934. Republican. Insurance business; member of California state assembly, 1969-78; candidate for California state senate, 1973; U.S. Representative from California, 1979-2008 (37th District 1979-83, 35th District 1983-93, 40th District 1993-2003, 41st District 2003-08); delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1992. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Donald Hammer Magnuson (1911-1979) — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born near Freeman, Spokane County, Wash., March 7, 1911. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; U.S. Representative from Washington, 1953-63 (at-large 1953-59, 7th District 1959-63). Presbyterian. Member, Theta Xi. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 5, 1979 (age 68 years, 212 days). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Ellis William Magnuson and Ida (Hammer) Magnuson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Fleming Main (b. 1864) — also known as John F. Main — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Mercer County, Ill., September 10, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; law professor; superior court judge in Washington, 1910-12; justice of Washington state supreme court, 1912-31; chief justice of Washington state supreme court, 1923-26. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William R. Main and Sarah M. (Fleming) Main; married, June 29, 1892, to Mary G. Crouch.
  William Jennings Sheffield (b. 1928) — also known as Bill Sheffield — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., June 26, 1928. Democrat. Governor of Alaska, 1982-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1984, 1996. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2014.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Lynn C. Woolsey (b. 1937) — of Petaluma, Sonoma County, Calif. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash., November 3, 1937. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; U.S. Representative from California 6th District, 1993-2013. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Alpha Phi. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
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