| 词条 | George Edward Cole |
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|name = George Edward Cole |image = George Edward Cole.jpg |caption = |office = Governor of Washington Territory |order = 6th |appointed = Andrew Johnson |term_start = January 8, 1867 |term_end = March 4, 1867 |lieutenant = |predecessor = William Pickering |successor = Marshall F. Moore |office1 = Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington Territory's at-large district |term_start1 = March 4, 1863 |term_end1 = March 3, 1865 |predecessor1 = William H. Wallace |successor1 = Arthur A. Denny |birth_date = December 23, 1826 |birth_place = Trenton, New York |death_date = December 3, 1906 (aged 79) |death_place = Portland, Oregon |spouse = |profession = |party = Democrat Republican from the 1870s. |religion = |footnotes = }} George Edward Cole (December 23, 1826 – December 3, 1906) was an American politician. He is remembered as the 6th Governor and 5th Delegate from the Territory of Washington. BiographyEarly yearsGeorge Edward Cole was born December 23, 1826, in Trenton, Oneida County, New York. Cole attended the public schools and Hobart Hall Institute. He was employed as clerk in a country store.[1] After living in the Midwestern state of Illinois, Cole departed for California during the gold rush year of 1849. From there he moved to the Pacific Northwest, arriving in the Oregon Territory in 1850.[2] Oregon yearsCole soon became involved in the politics of the Oregon Territory, serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in the Oregon Territorial Legislature during the biannual session running from 1852 to 1853.[2] During that session he became an early supporter of the idea of splitting the territory — which then included the whole of today's states of Washington, Idaho, and the western portion of Montana — helping to draft a memorial to Congress calling for the establishment of the Washington Territory.[2] In Oregon Cole engaged in mercantile pursuits and steamboat transportation on the Willamette River. He served as clerk of the United States District Court of Oregon in 1859 and 1860. Washington Territorial politicianCole relocated to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1860.[2] He was elected as the Washington Territory's delegate to Congress in 1862 as a Democrat, serving as a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. He was the first Washington Territorial Delegate to Congress to hail from the East side of the state.[2] He would also be the last member of the Democratic Party to represent the Washington Territory in Congress until 1885.[3] Cole served for one term only, not being a candidate for renomination in 1864.[1] In November 1866 Cole was appointed Governor of the Territory by Democratic President Andrew Johnson, serving in that position until March 4, 1867.[2] Railroad official and PostmasterWith the Democrats out of power and himself out of office, Cole returned to Portland, Oregon, in 1867 where for the next four years he was instrumental in the operation of the Oregon & California Railroad, helping oversee construction of a line from Portland to the Southern Oregon town of Roseburg.[2] In the interim he switched his allegiance to the Republican Party.[3] In 1873 Cole was appointed Postmaster of Portland by Republican President Ulysses S. Grant, taing reappointment to the post by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877.[2] Following the expiration of his second term as Postmaster, Cole went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad, remaining with the company through 1882.[4] Cole moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1889, was elected county treasurer of Spokane County, serving two terms in that position.[5] He also maintained extensive interests in mining, manufacturing, and farming.[1] Death and legacyGeorge E. Cole died in Portland, Oregon, December 3, 1906. His body was interred in Lone Fir Cemetery in the city of his death.[1] Footnotes1. ^1 2 3 "George Edward Cole," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. www.bioguide.congress.gov/ 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 H.K. Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Washington: Containing a History of the State of Washington from the Earliest Period of Its Discovery to the Present Time, Together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future, Illustrations and Full-page Portraits of Some of Its Eminent Men and Biographical Mention of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Citizens of To-day. Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., 1893; pg. 349. 3. ^1 Kent D. Richards, "George Edward Cole," in John T. Hubbell, James W. Geary, and Jon L. Wakelyn (eds.), Biographical Dictionary of the Union: Northern Leaders of the Civil War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995; pp. 1010-102. 4. ^Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, pp. 349-350. 5. ^Hines, An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, pg. 350. Further reading
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