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Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin
County, Vt., March 20,
1838.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.
Caused a scandal
in 1873, when he suddenly vacated
his mayoralty; he fled
to San Francisco with a
married woman and $15,000 he had embezzled
from his firm. Later returned to Seattle.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
14, 1906 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Hiram Charles Gill (1866-1919) —
also known as Hiram C. Gill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born July 23,
1866.
Republican. Mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1910-11, 1914-18; recalled 1911; defeated, 1912.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1911 over his permissive
attitude toward gambling and prostitution.
Died January
7, 1919 (age 52 years, 168
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Cornelius Hanford (1849-1926) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Van Buren
County, Iowa, April 21,
1849.
Son of Edward Hanford and Abby J. (Holgate) Hanford.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Washington territorial council, 1877; member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
District Judge for Washington, 1890-1905; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1905-12;
resigned 1912.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Resigned
as judge under threat of
impeachment, 1912.
Died in 1926
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Emil M. Herman (1879-1928) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Kamnitz, Bohemia (now Kamienice, Czech
Republic), August
22, 1879.
Socialist. Socialist candidate for Seattle city council, 1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1906 (at-large), 1908 (2nd
District), 1909 (2nd District); State Secretary, Socialist Party of
Washington, 1916-18; arrested
in 1918, and convicted
under the Espionage
Act; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
served three years and four months.
German
ancestry. Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died October
10, 1928 (age 49 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank E. Edwards —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1928-31; recalled 1931.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Brockman Adams (1927-2004) —
also known as Brock Adams —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Stevensville, Queen
Anne's County, Md.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., January
13, 1927.
Son of Charles Leslie Adams (born 1896) and Vera Eleanor (Beemer)
Adams (born 1903).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Washington 7th District, 1965-77; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1977-79; resigned 1979; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1987-93; in 1992, he was accused
by eight women of sexual
misconduct including sexual
harassment and rape;
he denied the allegations, and no charges were ever brought, but the
scandal
ended his political career.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Stevensville, Queen Anne's
County, Md., September
10, 2004 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Broad
Creek Cemetery, Stevensville, Md.
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David E. Giles (born c.1950) —
of Washington.
Born about 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 8th District, 1986, 1990.
Convicted
in June 2000 of child
rape.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lena Swanson (born c.1938) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Oklahoma, about 1938.
Democrat. Member of Washington
state senate 35th District, 1997.
Female.
Pleaded
guilty to charges
of soliciting
unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Still living as of 2001.
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Mary Carey (b. 1981) —
also known as Mary Ellen Cook —
of California.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 15,
1981.
Actress
in pornographic
movies;
Independent candidate for Governor of
California, 2003; arrested
in April 2005 during a raid on a strip
club in Lakewood, Wash.; charged
with touching
herself while dancing; pleaded
guilty and received a suspended
sentence.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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James Elton West (1951-2006) —
also known as James E. West; Jim West —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March 28,
1951.
Son of Jack West.
Republican. Deputy
sheriff; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1982-86; member of Washington
state senate 6th District, 1986-2003; mayor of
Spokane, Wash., 2004-05.
Member, Rotary; Gay.
Following a scandal
involving use
of his position to obtain
sex with young men, and an FBI investigation,
he was recalled
from office as mayor in 2005.
Died, from complications of colon
cancer, in the University of Washington Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 22,
2006 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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