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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 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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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.
Sawmill
worker; 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.
Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., July 18,
1982 (age 98 years, 225
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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Hortense Allison Wagenknecht (1887-1975) —
also known as Hortense Wagenknecht; Hortense
Allison —
of Ohio; Connecticut; California.
Born in Warsaw, Benton
County, Mo., January
14, 1887.
Communist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1932;
candidate for California
state assembly 71st District, 1934.
Female.
Died May 28,
1975 (age 88 years, 134
days).
Interment at Woodbine Cemetery.
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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.
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 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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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 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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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
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Mountain View Memorial Park.
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Ernest Lister (1870-1919) —
of Washington.
Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England,
June
15, 1870.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1909; Governor of
Washington, 1913-19; died in office 1919.
Died, from heart and
kidney
disease, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 14,
1919 (age 48 years, 364
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad
builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Ezra Perin Savage (1842-1920) —
also known as Ezra P. Savage —
of Sargent, Custer
County, Neb.
Born in Connersville, Fayette
County, Ind., April 3,
1842.
Son of Benjamin Warren Savage and Hannah (Perin) Savage.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; stock,
grain, and
implement
business; Lieutenant
Governor of Nebraska, 1901-03; Governor of
Nebraska, 1901-03.
Died January
8, 1920 (age 77 years, 280
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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Francis Wellington Cushman (1867-1909) —
also known as Francis W. Cushman; "Abe Lincoln of the
Pacific Coast" —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Brighton, Washington
County, Iowa, May 8,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1899-1909 (at-large 1899-1909,
2nd District 1909); died in office 1909.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Roosevelt Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 6,
1909 (age 42 years, 59
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
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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.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
29, 1894 (age 51 years, 345
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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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 (age 65 years, 112
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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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 (age 52 years, 170
days).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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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
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Tacoma Cemetery.
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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 (age 82 years, 61
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Tacoma Cemetery.
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