Jay Inslee is a fifth-generation Washingtonian who has lived and worked in urban and rural communities on both sides of the state. Governor Inslee worked his way through college and…

ELISHA PEYRE FERRY was born in Monroe, Michigan. After being admitted to the Illinois Bar, he practiced law in Waukegan and became the city's first Mayor. He was a member…

JOHN HARTE MC GRAW was born in Penobscot County, Maine. He moved west when the grocery store that he had opened with his brother failed in the Panic of 1873.…

JOHN RANKIN ROGERS was born in Brunswick, Maine. After serving as a druggist's apprentice, he worked in a number of occupations before buying a farm in Kansas. He held local…

Born in Farmington, Utah, HENRY MC BRIDE was educated for the Episcopal priesthood at Trinity College in Connecticut but left school due to illness. He moved to Washington Territory in…

ALBERT E. MEAD was born in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a graduate of Southern Illinois Normal University and studied at Union College of Law. After practicing law in Wichita, he…

SAMUEL G. COSGROVE was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. After serving as an infantryman in the Civil War, he received M.A. and LL.B. degrees from Ohio Wesleyan University and was…

MARION E. HAY was born in Adams County, Wisconsin and attended business college in Iowa. After moving to WashingtonTerritory in 1888, he came to own several businesses-including a wheat ranch…

ERNEST LISTER was born in Halifax, England. His family immigrated to the United States when Lister was fourteen to be near his uncle, who was mayor of Tacoma, Washington. He…

LOUIS FOLWELL HART was born in High Point, Missouri. After studying law in Missouri, he moved to Washington. During World War I, he served as president of the State Senate…

ROLAND H. HARTLEY was born in Skogomoc, York County, New Brunswick, Canada. Educated in Minnesota, he managed a lumber firm before serving as private secretary to Governor David M. Clough…