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The Territory of Washington was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1853, until November 11, 1889, when the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Washington. It was created from the portion of the Oregon Territory north of the lower Columbia River and north of the 46th parallel east ...
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The Oregon Territory, as originally organized, in 1848. In...
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Washington Territory. The Territory of Washington was an...
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The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] [3] The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, [4] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. [5]
No.GovernorGovernorTerm In Office [a]1Isaac Stevens (1818–1862) [9]March 17, 1853 [b] – August 11, 1857 ...2Fayette McMullen (1805–1880) [14]May 13, 1857 [d] – March 5, 1859 ...3Richard D. Gholson (1804–1862) [22]March 5, 1859 [f] – February 14, 1861 ...—William H. Wallace (1811–1879) [25]April 9, 1861 – July 8, 1861 (resigned ...Etymology. Washington was named after President George Washington by an act of the United States Congress during the creation of Washington Territory in 1853; the territory was to be named "Columbia", for the Columbia River and the Columbia District, but Kentucky representative Richard H. Stanton found the name too similar to the District of Columbia (the national capital, itself containing ...
The U.S. state of Washington has 39 counties. The Provisional Government of Oregon established Vancouver and Lewis Counties in 1845 in unorganized Oregon Country, extending from the Columbia River north to 54°40′ north latitude. After the region was organized within the Oregon Territory with the current northern border of 49° north ...
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2022 population of 749,256 it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
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