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List Of United States Senators From Washington
Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889 and elects its United States senators to Class 1 and Class 3. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Patty Murray (since 1993) and Maria Cantwell (since 2001). Warren Magnuson was Washington's longest-serving senator (1944–1981). List of senators , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 11, 1889 –Nov 20, 1889 , Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union. , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=2 , 1 , Washington elected its first senators after it was admitted to the Union. , nowrap , Nov 11, 1889 –Nov 20, 1889 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left , John B. Allen , rowspan=2 , Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 20, 1889 –Mar 3, 1893 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1889.Legislature failed to re-elect. , Elected in 1889. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 20, 1889 –Mar 3, 1897 , rowspan=5 , R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to 1992. She was Washington's first female U.S. senator and is due to assume the role of president pro tempore of the Senate in the 118th Congress, which would make her the first woman in American history to hold the position. Born and raised in Bothell, Washington, Murray graduated from Washington State University with a degree in physical education. She worked as a pre-school teacher and, later, as a parenting teacher at Shoreline Community College. A long-time advocate for environmental and education issues, Murray ran for the Washington State Senate in 1988, and defeated two-term incumbent Bill Kiskaddon. She served one term before launching a campaign for the United States Senate in 1992. She has been re-elected five times, most recent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2028 United States Senate Election In Washington
The 2028 United States Senate elections will be held on November 7, 2028, with 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate, Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2029, to January 3, 2035. Senators are divided into three groups, or Classes of United States senators, classes, whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 3 senators were last elected in 2022 United States Senate elections, 2022, and will be up for election again in 2028. These elections will run concurrent with the Elections in the United States, 2028 United States presidential election. As of November 2022, one Republican Party (United States), Republican senator, Tim Scott of South Carolina, has announced plans for retirement; no Republican senators have announced plans to run for re-election; and no Democratic Party (United States), Democratic senators either have announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addison Foster
Addison Gardner Foster (January 28, 1837January 16, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who was prominent in Minnesota and Washington (state), Washington. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States senator from Washington (U.S. state), Washington for one term, 1899 to 1905. Early life Addison G. Foster was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts on January 28, 1837, the son of Samuel Foster and Mary Worthington Walker. Foster was raised and educated in Belchertown until he was thirteen, when his parents relocated, first to Oswego, Illinois, and then to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Foster was educated in the schools of Belchertown and Oswego, and worked on the family's farms. In Wisconsin, he also worked on his parents' timberlands, where he gained his first experience with logging. He completed his education in Sheboygan Falls, and obtained his qualification to teach school. After reaching adulthood, Foster and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (American Politician)
George Turner (February 25, 1850January 26, 1932) was a jurist and diplomat who served one term as a United States senator from Washington. Born in Edina, Missouri, he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, commencing practice in Mobile, Alabama. From 1876 to 1880, he was United States Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama and Middle District of Alabama, and served as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party from 1882-1884. Shortly thereafter he re-located to the Territory of Washington in the Pacific Northwest where he was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington from 1885 to 1888. He resumed the practice of law in Spokane, Washington in 1888 and was also interested in mining. He was a member of the Territorial Convention in 1889 that framed the first Washington Constitution, the state constitution of Washingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Turner (U
George Turner may refer to: Sports *George Turner (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1958), English footballer *George Turner (footballer, born 1910) (born 1910), English footballer *George Turner (cricketer) (1858-1927), New Zealand cricketer *George Turner (cyclist) (1913–?), Canadian Olympic cyclist *George P. Turner, New Zealand rugby league international, 1957–1961 *George H. Turner, New Zealand rugby league international, 1964 *George Turner (rugby union, born 1855) (1855–1941), rugby union player for England, and St. George's Hospital Medical School RFC *George Turner (rugby union) (born 1990), Scottish international rugby union player with Glasgow Warriors *George Turner (basketball), American basketball player, drafted by Dallas and playing for 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season, Manila in 1986 *George J. Turner (1873–?), president of the Amateur Athletic Union Politics and law *George Turner (judge) (1750–1843), American Revolutionary War officer from South Caroli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 United States Senate Election In Washington
The United States Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives being the Lower house, lower chamber. Together they compose the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of #Membership, senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each of the 50 states is equally represented by two senators who serve Classes of United States senators, staggered terms of six years, for a total of 100 senators. From 1789 to 1913, senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented. They have been elected by popular vote since the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Seventeenth Amendment. As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers of advice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 United States Senate Special Election In Washington
Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is founded in England by Octavia Hill, Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. * January 13 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Coatit – Italian forces defeat the Ethiopians. * January 17 – Félix Faure is elected President of the French Republic, after the resignation of Jean Casimir-Perier. * February 9 – Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created by William G. Morgan at Holyoke, Massachusetts. * February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire. This record is equalled in 1982#January, 1982, and again in 1995#December, 1995. * February 14 – Oscar Wilde's last play, the comedy ''The Importance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 United States Senate Election In Washington
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety. Each of the 50 states is equally represented by two senators who serve staggered terms of six years, for a total of 100 senators. From 1789 to 1913, senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented. They have been elected by popular vote since the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment. As the upper chamber of Congress, the Senate has several powers of advice and consent which are unique to it. These include the approval of treaties, and the confirmation of Cabinet secretaries, federal judges (including Federal Supreme Court justices ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Watson may refer to: Companies * Actavis, a pharmaceutical company formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals * A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa * Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center * Watson Systems, maker of shopping trolleys * A. J. Watson, IndyCar roadster chassis constructor * Watsons Water, a bottled water company in Hong Kong Computing * Watson (computer), an IBM supercomputer which won the game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Dr. Watson (debugger), the internal debugger for the Windows platform * Intellext Watson, an application for the Windows platform * Karelia Watson, an application for the Macintosh platform Name *Watson (surname) * Watson (given name) Fictional characters * Dr. Watson, a character in ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories * Mary Jane Watson, a Spider-Man character * Esme Watson, a character in Australian television program ''A Country Practice'' Places ;Antarctica * Watson Peninsula, South Orkney Islands ;Australia * Watson, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Watson may refer to: Companies * Actavis, a pharmaceutical company formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals * A.S. Watson Group, retail division of Hutchison Whampoa * Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM research center * Watson Systems, maker of shopping trolleys * A. J. Watson, IndyCar roadster chassis constructor * Watsons Water, a bottled water company in Hong Kong Computing * Watson (computer), an IBM supercomputer which won the game show ''Jeopardy!'' * Dr. Watson (debugger), the internal debugger for the Windows platform * Intellext Watson, an application for the Windows platform * Karelia Watson, an application for the Macintosh platform Name * Watson (surname) *Watson (given name) Fictional characters * Dr. Watson, a character in ''Sherlock Holmes'' stories * Mary Jane Watson, a Spider-Man character * Esme Watson, a character in Australian television program ''A Country Practice'' Places ;Antarctica * Watson Peninsula, South Orkney Islands ;Australia * Watson, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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