Capital: Olympia

State Nickname: Evergreen State

State Bird: Willow Goldflinch

State Flower: Rhododendron

Admitted to the Union: November 11, 1889

November 1, 1889 to January 9, 1893:

Elisha P. Ferry

January 9, 1893 to January 11, 1897:

John H. McGraw

January 11, 1897 to December 26, 1901:

John R. Rogers*

* Died in office

December 26, 1901 to January 9, 1905:

Henry McBride

January 9, 1905 to January 27, 1909:

Albert E. Mead

January 27, 1909 to March 28, 1909:

Samuel G. Cosgrove*

* Died in office

March 29, 1909 to January 13, 1913:

Marion E. Hay

January 11, 1913 to June 14, 1919:

Ernest Lister*

* Died in office

June 14, 1919 to January 12, 1925:

Louis F. Hart

January 12, 1925 to January 9, 1933:

Roland H. Hartley

January 9, 1933 to January 13, 1941:

Clarence D. Martin

January 13, 1941 to January 10, 1949:

Monrad C. Wallgren

January 10, 1949 to January 14, 1957:

Arthur B. Langlie

January 14, 1957 to January 11, 1965:

Albert D. Rosellini

January 11, 1965 to January 12, 1977:

Daniel J. Evans

January 12, 1977 to January 14, 1981:

Dixy Lee Ray

January 14, 1981 to January 16, 1985:

John D. Spellman

January 16, 1985 to January 13, 1993:

Booth Gardner

January 13, 1993 to January 15, 1997:

Mike Lowry

January 15, 1997 --

Gary Locke

Lyrics by Helen Davis
Music by Stuart Churchill

1890: 349,390

1900: 518,103

1910: 1,141,990

1920: 1,356,621

1930: 1,563,396

1940: 1,736,191

1950: 2,378,963

1960: 2,853,214

1970: 3,413,244

1980: 4,132,156

1990: 4,866,692

2000: 5,894,141