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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Court in Washington</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Rudkin</a> 1911-23 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#268.72.25">J. Stanley Webster</a> 1923-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#320.23.49">Lewis B. Schwellenbach</a> 1940-45 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#670.20.77">Sam M. Driver</a> 1946 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#487.79.05">William James Lindberg</a> 1951-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#776.66.42">Charles Lawrence Powell</a> 1959-72 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neff-nelsey.html#794.54.58">Marshall Allen Neill</a> 1972-79 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tanner.html#803.06.41">Jack Edward Tanner</a> 1978 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#756.64.72">Robert James McNichols</a> 1979-91 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonald.html#989.45.23">Alan Angus McDonald</a> 1985-96 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#121.59.12">Robert H. Whaley</a> 1995-2009 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#900.40.36">Edward F. Shea</a> 1998-2012 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/suarez-sullinger.html#479.22.69">Lonny R. Suko</a> 2003-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#573.12.16">Stanley Allen Bastian</a> 2014- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mena-mercado.html#452.11.16">Salvador Mendoza, Jr.</a> 2014- <p> <b>Officeholding Events</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1910 Oct 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whiton-whittaker.html#403.74.39">Edward Whitson</a>, died in office. <li> 1945 Jun 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schwartzenburg-scotland.html#320.23.49">Lewis B. Schwellenbach</a>, resigned. <li> 1972 Apr 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/powell.html#776.66.42">Charles Lawrence Powell</a>, took senior status. <li> 1979 Oct 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neff-nelsey.html#794.54.58">Marshall Allen Neill</a>, died in office. <li> 1991 Apr 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcnamee-mcpheeters.html#756.64.72">Robert James McNichols</a>, took senior status. <li> 1996 Dec 13: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdonald.html#989.45.23">Alan Angus McDonald</a>, took senior status. <li> 2009 Jul 12: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whaley-wham.html#121.59.12">Robert H. Whaley</a>, took senior status. <li> 2012 Jun 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shawcroft-sheean.html#900.40.36">Edward F. Shea</a>, took senior status. <li> 2013 Nov 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/suarez-sullinger.html#479.22.69">Lonny R. Suko</a>, took senior status. <p> <b>U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Washington, 1905-2017</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#344.73.58">Cornelius Hanford</a> 1905-12 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#184.38.28">George Donworth</a> 1909-12 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#221.62.45">Edward E. Cushman</a> 1912-39 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howard.html#546.86.80">Clinton Woodbury Howard</a> 1912-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#883.72.39">Jeremiah Neterer</a> 1913- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowen.html#841.01.86">John Clyde Bowen</a> 1934-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#042.59.97">Lloyd L. Black</a> 1939-50 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#487.79.05">William James Lindberg</a> 1951-71 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#229.76.75">George Hugo Boldt</a> 1953-71 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#865.76.52">William Trulock Beeks</a> 1961-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgovern.html#104.05.05">Walter Thomas McGovern</a> 1971-87 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#317.51.33">Morell Edward Sharp</a> 1971-80 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voorhees.html#453.31.95">Donald S. Voorhees</a> 1974-86 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tanner.html#803.06.41">Jack Edward Tanner</a> 1978-91 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#271.14.47">John C. Coughenour</a> 1981-2006 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#047.50.86">Carolyn R. Dimmick</a> 1985-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#222.68.57">Robert J. Bryan</a> 1986-2000 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dwyer.html#384.91.60">William Lee Dwyer</a> 1987-98 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#144.74.28">Franklin D. Burgess</a> 1994-2005 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martinez.html#701.70.57">Ricardo S. Martinez</a> 2004- <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#959.71.74">Benjamin Hale Settle</a> 2007- <p> <b>Officeholding Events</b> <i>(may be incomplete!)</i><br> <li> 1912 Mar 20: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#184.38.28">George Donworth</a>, resigned. <li> 1912 Jul 22: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#344.73.58">Cornelius Hanford</a>, resigned. <li> 1939 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#221.62.45">Edward E. Cushman</a>, took senior status. <li> 1950 Aug 23: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#042.59.97">Lloyd L. Black</a>, died in office. <li> 1961 Jun 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowen.html#841.01.86">John Clyde Bowen</a>, took senior status. <li> 1971 Mar 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lind-lindquist.html#487.79.05">William James Lindberg</a>, took senior status. <li> 1971 Oct 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bola-bonbright.html#229.76.75">George Hugo Boldt</a>, took senior status. <li> 1973 May 31: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#865.76.52">William Trulock Beeks</a>, took senior status. <li> 1980 Oct 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#317.51.33">Morell Edward Sharp</a>, died in office. <li> 1986 Nov 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/voorhees.html#453.31.95">Donald S. Voorhees</a>, took senior status. <li> 1987 Sep 30: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgovern.html#104.05.05">Walter Thomas McGovern</a>, took senior status. <li> 1991 Jan 28: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tanner.html#803.06.41">Jack Edward Tanner</a>, took senior status. <li> 1997 Nov 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#047.50.86">Carolyn R. Dimmick</a>, took senior status. <li> 1998 Dec 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dwyer.html#384.91.60">William Lee Dwyer</a>, took senior status. <li> 2000 Nov 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan.html#222.68.57">Robert J. Bryan</a>, took senior status. <li> 2005 Mar 9: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burgess.html#144.74.28">Franklin D. Burgess</a>, took senior status. <li> 2006 Jul 27: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cottrell-coudriet.html#271.14.47">John C. Coughenour</a>, took senior status. </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</span></td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <br clear="all"> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a></b> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3><span style="font-size:8pt;"> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are <b>incomplete</b>; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</span></td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is <b>not</b> guaranteed. 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