WASHINGTON TERRITORY GOVERNORS The US GenWeb Archives provide genealogical and historical data to the general public without fee or charge of any kind. It is intended that this material not be used in a commercial manner. Submitted by Cherie Kuranko May 14, 1997. Both above notices must remain when copied or downloaded. woodhopper@earthlink.net TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS: Isaac Ingalls Stevens 1853-1857 Democrat Pierce d.1862 buried Newport RI LaFayette McMullen 1857-1859 Democrat Buchanan d.1880 buried Marion VA Richard Dickerson Gholson 1859-1861 Democrat Buchanan d.1861 buried Troy TN William Pickering 1862-1866 Republican Lincoln d.1873 in Illinois George Edward Cole 1866-1867 Democrat Johnson d.1906 buried Portland OR Marshall F. Moore 1867-1869 Republican Johnson d.1870 in Olympia Alvan Flanders 1869-1870 Republican Grant d.1884 buried San Francisco CA Edward Selig Salomon 1870-1872 Republican Grant d.1913 in San Francisco Elisha Peyre Ferry 1872-1880 Republican Grant d.1895 buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle William Augustus Newell 1880-1884 Republican Hayes d.1901 buried Allentown NJ Watson Carvasso Squire 1884-1887 Republican Arthur d.1926 buried at Washelli Cemetery, Seattle Eugene Semple 1887-1889 Democrat Cleveland d.1908 in San Diego Miles Conway Moore 1889-1889 Republican Harrison d.1920 (Statehood seven months into term) Note: James Patton Anderson, appointed in 1857, William Henson Wallace, appointed in 1861, and James F. Legate, appointed in 1872, were not confirmed by Congress. Wallace may have served briefly in the post while awaiting confirmation.