Name |
Picture |
Elected |
Term began |
Term ended |
Henry A. Atkins |
|
appointed December 2, 1869
elected July 11, 1870[3]
|
1869 |
1871 |
John T. Jordan |
|
elected July 10, 1871[4] |
1871 |
1872 |
Corliss P. Stone |
|
elected July 8, 1872[5]
abandoned office: left for San Francisco February 23, 1873 after allegedly embezzling $15,000[6]
|
1872 |
1873 |
John T. Jordan |
|
appointed[6] |
1873 |
1873 |
Moses R. Maddocks |
|
Elected[6] |
1873 |
1873 |
John Collins |
 |
elected July 14, 1873[7] |
1873 |
1874 |
Henry Yesler |
 |
elected July 13, 1874[8] |
1874 |
1875 |
Bailey Gatzert |
 |
elected August 2, 1875[9] |
1875 |
1876 |
Gideon A. Weed |
 |
elected July 10, 1876[10]
and July 9, 1877[11]
|
1876 |
1878 |
Beriah Brown |
|
elected July 8, 1878[12] |
1878 |
1879 |
Orange Jacobs |
 |
elected July 14, 1879[13] |
1879 |
1880 |
Leonard Purley Smith |
|
elected July 12, 1880[14]
and July 11, 1881[15]
|
1880 |
1882 |
Henry G. Struve |
 |
elected July 10, 1882[16]
and July 9, 1883[17]
|
1882 |
1884 |
John Leary |
|
elected July 14, 1884[18] |
1884 |
1885 |
Henry Yesler |
 |
elected July 13, 1885[19] |
1885 |
1886 |
William H. Shoudy |
|
elected July 12, 1886[20] |
1886 |
1887 |
Dr. Thomas T. Minor |
 |
elected July 11, 1887[21] |
1887 |
1888 |
Robert Moran |
 |
elected July 9, 1888[22]
and July 8, 1889[23]
|
1888 |
1890 |
Harry White |
 |
elected July 14, 1890[24]
resigned under pressure November 30, 1891.[24]
|
1890 |
1891 |
George W. Hall |
|
appointed December 9, 1891[25] |
1891 |
1892 |
James T. Ronald |
|
elected March 8, 1892[26] |
1892 |
1894 |
Byron Phelps |
|
elected March 12, 1894[27] |
1894 |
1896 |
Frank D. Black |
|
elected March 9, 1896[28]
resigned after three weeks in office[28]
|
1896 |
1896 |
W. D. Wood |
|
appointed April 6, 1896[29]
resigned July 1897[29]
|
1896 |
1897 |
Thomas J. Humes |
 |
appointed November 19, 1897[30]
and elected March 13, 1900[31]
|
1897 |
1904 |
Richard A. Ballinger |
 |
elected March 8, 1904[32] |
1904 |
1906 |
William Hickman Moore |
|
elected March 6, 1906[33] |
1906 |
1908 |
John F. Miller |
 |
elected March 3, 1908[34] |
1908 |
1910 |
Hiram C. Gill |
|
elected March 8, 1910[35]
recalled February 9, 1911[1][35]
|
1910 |
1911 |
George W. Dilling |
|
appointed February 10, 1911[citation needed] |
1912 |
George F. Cotterill |
|
elected March 5, 1912[36] |
1912 |
1914 |
Hiram C. Gill |
|
elected March 3, 1914[37] |
1914 |
1918 |
Ole Hanson |
 |
elected March 5, 1918[38]
resigned August 28, 1919 after several months out of town[38]
|
1918 |
1919 |
C. B. Fitzgerald |
|
appointed August 28, 1919[39] |
1919 |
1920 |
Hugh M. Caldwell |
 |
elected March 2, 1920[40] |
1920 |
1922 |
Edwin J. Brown |
 |
elected May 2, 1922[41]
and March 4, 1924[42]
|
1922 |
1926 |
Bertha Knight Landes |
|
elected March 9, 1926[43] |
1926 |
1928 |
Frank E. Edwards |
|
elected March 6, 1928[44]
and March 4, 1930[45]
recalled July 13, 1931[46]
|
1928 |
1931 |
Robert H. Harlin |
|
appointed July 14, 1931[46] |
1931 |
1932 |
John F. Dore |
 |
elected March 8, 1932[47] |
1932 |
1934 |
Charles L. Smith |
 |
elected March 6, 1934[48] |
1934 |
1936 |
John F. Dore |
 |
elected March 3, 1936[49]
became gravely ill and was relieved of office April 13, 1938, already a lame duck after the 1938 election. He died five days later.[1]
|
1936 |
1938 |
Arthur B. Langlie |
 |
elected March 8, 1938[50]
appointed to take office early, April 27, 1938, after Dore's death.
elected March 5, 1940[51]
resigned January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington[51]
|
1938 |
1941 |
John E. Carroll |
|
appointed January 27, 1941[52] |
1941 |
1941 |
Earl Millikin |
|
elected March 4, 1941[53] |
1941 |
1942 |
William F. Devin |
 |
elected March 3, 1942,[54] March 7, 1944,[55] March 5, 1946,[56] and March 2, 1948[57] |
1942 |
1952 |
Allan Pomeroy |
 |
elected March 4, 1952[58] |
1952 |
1956 |
Gordon S. Clinton |
 |
elected March 6, 1956[59]
and March 8, 1960[60]
|
1956 |
1964 |
James d'Orma Braman |
 |
elected March 10, 1964[61]
resigned March 23, 1969, to accept an appointment as an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation in the Nixon administration.
|
1964 |
1969 |
Floyd C. Miller |
|
appointed March 23, 1969[62] |
1969 |
1969 |
Wesley C. Uhlman |
 |
elected November 4, 1969[63]
and November 6, 1973[64]
survived recall attempt on July 1, 1975 [65]
|
December 1, 1969 |
January 1, 1978 |
Charles Royer |
|
elected November 8, 1977,[66] November 3, 1981,[67] and November 5, 1985[68] |
January 1, 1978 |
January 1, 1990 |
Norman B. Rice |
 |
elected November 7, 1989[69] |
January 1, 1990 |
January 1, 1998 |
Paul Schell |
|
elected November 4, 1997[70] |
January 1, 1998 |
January 1, 2002 |
Gregory J. Nickels |
 |
elected November 6, 2001[71]
and November 8, 2005[72]
|
January 1, 2002 |
January 1, 2010 |
Michael McGinn |
|
elected November 3, 2009[73] |
January 1, 2010 |
January 1, 2014 |
Ed Murray |
|
elected November 5, 2013[74] |
January 1, 2014 |
present |