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The official History of the Washington State Legislature states "As had been the case in 1882, in Thurston County, Democrats and anti-administration Republicans joined to form the People’s Party". [13] However a Washington local newspaper in 1865 listed the People's Party as one of the main competing parties in an election. [17]
Washington, officially the State of Washington, [5] ... was founded in 1833. [50] Black pioneer George Washington Bush and his Caucasian wife, Isabella James Bush, ...
November 11: Washington is admitted to the union as the 42nd U.S. state. 1890 - Washington State College was established and was later renamed Washington State University. Mount Rainier from Reflection Lake. 1899 - March 2: Mount Rainier National Park is established as the first national park in Washington.
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The following list of Washington companies includes notable companies that are, or once were, headquartered in the U.S. state of Washington.
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.
The George Washington statue stands outside the Indiana State Capitol Building on July 16, 2015, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
King County, home to the state's largest city, Seattle, holds almost 30 percent of Washington's population (2,271,380 residents of 7,812,880 in 2023), and has the highest population density, with more than 1,000 people per square mile (400/km 2). Garfield County is both the least populated (2,363) and least densely populated (3.3/sq mi [1.3/km 2]).