Selucius Garfielde
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- Feb 7, 1861The Land Office Money That Never Reached the BooksRegister Isaac W. Smith accuses Receiver Selucius Garfielde of holding land-claim payments on private deposit and refusing to account for them—an 1861 public audit fight in Washington Territory.Olympia, WA
- Jun 8, 1861The Political Rumble at the CapitolCandidates for Congress square off in Olympia as the territory prepares for a heated election season.Old Capitol Building, Olympia, WA
- Mar 14, 1872The Scandalous Governor Who Never WasA political fixer with a reputation for bribery and forgery was appointed Governor of Washington Territory, triggering a national outcry that exposed the deep corruption of the era's patronage system.Olympia, WA
- Aug 8, 1872The Price of Patronage: Political Graft in Washington TerritoryA scathing editorial exposes how federal appointments in the Washington Territory were treated as commodities, with government officials accused of padding their estates through systemic corruption.Olympia, WA
- Oct 31, 1872The Delegate Who Sold Seattle’s Future for Five Thousand DollarsA scathing editorial in the Puget Sound Dispatch accuses Territorial Delegate George Freeman Willard of betraying Seattle’s interests—specifically the mud flats of Duwamish Bay—to secure his own political and financial gain, while simultaneously accepting bribes from rival railroad companies.Duwamish Bay, Seattle, WA
- Oct 27, 1891The Ox-Yoke Judge Who Kept Olympia the CapitalO. C. Hewitt, Lincoln’s chief justice of Washington Territory and the father of Odd Fellowship in the state, died at 82 in East Tumwater after a frontier life that included burying massacre victims, winning a Supreme Court case, and saving Olympia’s capital status.East Tumwater, Tumwater, WA