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Capital: Olympia
State Nickname: Evergreen State
State Bird: Willow Goldflinch
State Flower: Rhododendron
Admitted to the Union: November 11, 1889
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| Governors |
November 1, 1889 to January 9, 1893:
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Elisha P. Ferry
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January 9, 1893 to January 11, 1897:
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John H. McGraw
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January 11, 1897 to December 26, 1901:
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John R. Rogers*
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* Died in office
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December 26, 1901 to January 9, 1905:
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Henry McBride
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January 9, 1905 to January 27, 1909:
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Albert E. Mead
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January 27, 1909 to March 28, 1909:
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Samuel G. Cosgrove*
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* Died in office
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March 29, 1909 to January 13, 1913:
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Marion E. Hay
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January 11, 1913 to June 14, 1919:
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Ernest Lister*
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* Died in office
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June 14, 1919 to January 12, 1925:
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Louis F. Hart
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January 12, 1925 to January 9, 1933:
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Roland H. Hartley
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January 9, 1933 to January 13, 1941:
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Clarence D. Martin
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January 13, 1941 to January 10, 1949:
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Monrad C. Wallgren
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January 10, 1949 to January 14, 1957:
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Arthur B. Langlie
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January 14, 1957 to January 11, 1965:
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Albert D. Rosellini
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January 11, 1965 to January 12, 1977:
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Daniel J. Evans
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January 12, 1977 to January 14, 1981:
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Dixy Lee Ray
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January 14, 1981 to January 16, 1985:
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John D. Spellman
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January 16, 1985 to January 13, 1993:
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Booth Gardner
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January 13, 1993 to January 15, 1997:
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Mike Lowry
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January 15, 1997 to January 12, 2005
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Gary Locke
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January 12, 2005 –
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Christine Gregoire
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| Senators - Class I |
November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1893
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John Beard Allen
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March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1899
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John Lockwood Wilson
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March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905
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Addison Gardner Foster
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March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
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Samuel Henry Piles
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March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1923
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Miles Poindexter
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March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935
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Clarence Cleveland Dill
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January 3, 1935 – December 16, 1940
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Lewis Schwellenbach * Resigned
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December 19, 1940 – January 9, 1945
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Monrad Wallgren * Resigned
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January 10, 1945 – December 25, 1946
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Hugh Burnton Mitchell
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January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983
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Henry Martin Jackson
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September 1, 1983 – January 3, 1989
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Daniel Jackson Evans
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January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987
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Thomas Slade Gorton III
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January 3, 2001 –
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Maria E. Cantwell
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| Senators - Class III |
November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1897
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Watson Carvosso Squire
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March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903
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George Turner
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March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909
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Levi Ankeny
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March 4, 1909 – November 19, 1932
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Wesley Jones * Died in office
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November 22, 1932 – March 3, 1933
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Elijah Sherman Grammer
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March 4, 1933 – November 13, 1944
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Homer Truett Bone
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December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981
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Warren Grant Magnuson
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January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987
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Thomas Slade Gorton III
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January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993
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Brockman Adams
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January 5, 1993 –
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Patricia Lynn Murray
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| State Song |
Washington, My Home
Lyrics by Helen Davis
Music by Stuart Churchill
This is my country; God gave it to me;
I will protect it, ever keep it free.
Small towns and cities rest here in the sun,
Filled with our laughter, "Thy will be done."
Washington my home;
Where ever I may roam;
This is my land, my native land,
Washington, my home.
Our verdant forest green,
Caressed by silvery stream;
From mountain peak to fields of wheat.
Washington, my home.
There's peace you feel and understand
In this, our own beloved land.
We greet the day with head held high,
And forward ever is our cry.
We'll happy ever be
As people always free.
For you and me a destiny;
Washington my home. |
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State Population
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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 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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