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| 1854 | 3 |
| 1858 | 3 |
| 1859 | 4 |
| 1861 | 9 |
| 1862 | 6 |
| 1863 | 5 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 28 |
| 1877 | 23 |
| 1878 | 15 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 8 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 31 |
| 1885 | 38 |
| 1886 | 50 |
| 1887 | 38 |
| 1888 | 25 |
| 1889 | 63 |
| 1890 | 11 |
| 1891 | 52 |
| 1892 | 142 |
| 1893 | 149 |
| 1894 | 158 |
| 1895 | 157 |
| 1897 | 3 |
| 1898 | 7 |
| 1899 | 26 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 90 |
| 1904 | 63 |
| 1905 | 6 |
| 1907 | 2 |
| 1908 | 9 |
| 1909 | 129 |
| 1910 | 23 |
| 1911 | 13 |
| 1912 | 6 |
| 1914 | 16 |
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1916 | 20 |
| 1917 | 16 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1919 | 1 |
| 1920 | 1 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 8 |
| 1925 | 4 |
| 1929 | 2 |
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People 289
- Mayor Ronald1892–189422
- Judge Langley1893–189522
- W. H. White1876–189516
- James Hamilton Lewis1887–190316
- John Collins1872–190315
- J. T. Ronald1885–189515
- Judge Humes1891–189515
- John H. McGraw1885–189514
- Corporation Counsel Scott1894–189513
- Judge Hanford1889–189512
- Watson C. Squire1885–189412
- John L. Wilson1892–190312
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–189511
- George Turner1893–192310
- Gov. McGraw1893–189510
- Thomas Burke1883–18959
- Chief Jackson1892–18939
- Abraham Lincoln1861–19038
- Judge Jacobs1876–18888
- Grover Cleveland1885–18958
- Levi Ankeny1893–19058
- Senator Squire1891–18958
- Nelson Bennett1892–18958
- John Wiley1891–18958
- Mayor Linck19098
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19097
- John B. Allen1876–18957
- Miller1886–19097
- Allen1876–18957
- Watson Squire1885–18947
- L. C. Gilman1887–18947
- Judge Glasgow1893–18957
- Mayor Phelps1894–18957
- Elwood Evans1861–18876
- Judge Lewis1876–18866
- Everett Smith1891–18996
- Chief Rogers1892–18956
- Ankeny18956
- Eugene V. Debs1894–18956
- Henry L. Yesler1877–18955
- James J. Hill1892–19095
- Judge Turner1886–18955
- Wilson1876–19035
- John Leary1876–18925
- Judge Greene1884–18955
- J. Eugene Jordan1892–18955
- Jacob Furth1889–18955
- Elisha P. Ferry1876–18955
- J. J. McGilvra1872–18955
- D. H. Gilman1891–18925
- Judge Osborn1889–18945
- Dr. Palmer1893–18955
- Stambaugh19095
- Mayor Orr1894–18955
- Richard Winsor1894–18954
- A. A. Denny1862–18944
- Orange Jacobs1884–18944
- James G. Blaine1887–18894
- C. H. Hanford1885–18914
- M. S. Booth1872–18764
- Jones1887–18954
- Mr. Ronald18954
- Miles C. Moore1883–19044
- Sheriff McGraw1885–18864
- Junius Rochester18924
- Judge Rivers1891–18924
- Prosecuting Attorney Miller1892–18954
- Coroner Horton1892–18944
- Ernest Lister1897–19174
- Judge Bell1895–19044
- Samuel Gompers1909–19104
- M. E. Hay1909–19114
- I. M. Howell19144
- George P. Wright19044
- J. W. Van Brocklin1892–18954
- Councilman Smith1903–19044
- Byron Phelps1894–18954
- A. B. Hunt1892–18954
- Dr. Sargentich19094
- Giblett19094
- Will H. Thompson1894–19094
- City Engineer Thomson1894–18954
- Alderman Jordan1894–18954
- Commissioner Masel1894–18954
- Commissioner Jones1894–18954
- President Roosevelt19033
- Senator Ankeny1903–19043
- Governor McBride19033
- Voorhees1885–18883
- Judge Nash1888–18923
- E. P. Ferry1889–18913
- Judge Burke1877–18943
- Rev. John F. Damon1894–18953
- Eugene Semple1892–18953
- Benjamin Harrison1888–18893
- Beriah Brown1877–18803
- Thomas H. Brents1880–18953
- Sullivan1882–19033
- Roger S. Greene1880–18923
- H. L. Yesler1876–18863
- Val Wildman18763
- Thomas Lilly18763
- Dr. Sparling18923
- Gardner Kellogg18953
- Leander Miller1893–18953
- L. B. Andrews1878–18873
- Colonel Haines1888–18913
- Thomas W. Prosch1878–18993
- Bolton Rogers1892–18943
- Griffith1889–18993
- Smith1893–19033
- Lee1893–19093
- William H. White1872–18953
- Judge Irwin1890–18933
- John Sherman1885–18953
- Peterson1887–19093
- Judge Moore1893–18953
- Turner1889–18953
- W. E. Wilson1872–18953
- Reed19093
- Judge Parker1893–18953
- James Monroe1889–18943
- Frank Morrison1889–19093
- John P. Hoyt18893
- E. F. Blaine1889–18943
- Kinnear1889–18913
- Hugh Wallace1892–18943
- Judge Calkins18913
- H. S. Huson1892–18953
- Thomas Carroll18923
- Rev. Clark Davis1891–18953
- Senator Allen1892–18933
- Major Rinehart1892–18933
- Mrs. Meagher1884–18853
- Hoole18933
- Henry Drum1887–18923
- Dr. Armstrong19093
- Chief of Police Rogers1894–18953
- George Donworth1893–19003
- Adolph Krug1893–18943
- John Mitchell19093
- David E. Durie18943
- W. G. Armstrong1892–18953
- Alexander Parker18923
- John Considine18943
- Dr. Kloeber1892–18933
- Sweeney1893–18953
- Patrick Henry Winston1892–18943
- Judge Dunbar1894–18953
- Andrew F. Burleigh1894–18953
- J. B. Clements1916–19173
- H. J. Snively18923
- E. W. Taylor1894–18953
- Joseph Bonner1858–19103
- Mayor Hartley1910–19113
- Manager Dimmock1904–19093
- Judge Blake1894–18953
- Commissioner McGregor19093
- James Murphy18953
- Wilkeson19093
- Chief Hunt1893–18953
- J. M. Wolfe1892–18943
- Justice Caldwell1893–18943
- Mays18933
- Judge Pritchard1894–18953
- Acting Mayor Miller1893–18953
- Charles H. Lugrin18943
- Nash1893–18943
- Charles F. Gloystein18943
- Hurd18953
- Commissioner Kahaley1894–18953
- J. W. Maple1894–18953
- Commissioner Meek18953
- Napoleon Hoagland1891–18923
- Mr. Winsor18953
- Alva S. Sherlock1907–19083
- John Riplinger18953
- Josiah Collins1886–18952
- Isaac I. Stevens1861–18622
- Andrew Jackson1876–18942
- Governor Mcßride1902–19032
- Senator Foster19032
- Harrison1876–18892
- Geo. F. Richardson1914–19162
- F. M. Crosby1914–19162
- Louis D. Campbell19042
- Mayor Campbell19042
- Chester A. Arthur1884–18892
- White1876–18882
- James18952
- Councilman James18992
- Amos Brown18952
- Sheriff Cochrane1887–18882
- Frank Terrace1888–18942
- J. D. Smith1888–18932
- Eben Smith1887–18912
- Carroll1887–18992
- Foster1876–18882
- Burke1876–18802
- Morris1888–18942
- Henry Yesler1877–18862
- W. H. Whittlesey1884–18942
- J.H. McGraw1889–18952
- Chief Woolery1884–18912
- George Smith1883–19032
- W. H. Fife1882–18932
- G. A. Weed1872–18782
- Mr. White1895–19172
- Daniel Bagley1892–18942
- Ulysses S. Grant1885–18892
- Mrs. Bell1876–18772
- David Higgins1872–18772
- Clements19162
- J. R. Lewis18772
- McNaught1887–18932
- John Smith1885–18872
- Chief Justice Jones1887–18882
- J. D. Lowman1892–18932
- W. D. Wood1894–18992
- Clark Davis18942
- Herman Chapin18942
- Peter Sandberg1904–19092
- Samuel H. Piles1894–19092
- Baker1893–19092
- Price1888–18932
- George D. Hill1880–18912
- Woodrow Wilson19162
- B. S. Grosscup19032
- Mr. Ward1854–18852
- Cochrane1886–18882
- McGraw1888–18912
- Judge Orange Jacobs1889–18952
- Isaac Stevens1861–18622
- Murphy18952
- Abigail Scott Duniway1871–18782
- Hamilton1887–18882
- Beecher1887–18882
- D. B. Ward1882–18912
- James A. Garfield1880–18892
- Rev. G. F. Whitworth18772
- O. C. Shorey1872–18862
- J. A. McDonald1872–18922
- City Engineer18992
- E. O. Graves18952
- Humes1893–18992
- Hunt1895–19042
- Alexander Allen18952
- Elijah Smith1889–18952
- Eugene Jordan1888–18952
- T. T. Minor1884–18892
- J. M. Carson1892–18942
- Arthur A. Denny1886–18942
- Chapman1895–19092
- Rev. Daniel Bagley1876–18952
- Hanford1876–18952
- C. D. Emery18922
- W. H. Andrews1892–18952
- H. L. Blanchard1876–18992
- Chief Justice Lewis1876–18852
- David Kellogg1891–18952
- Greene1877–18932
- Mr. Lane1892–18942
- N. H. Owings1879–18922
- R. S. Greene1887–18912
- William Cochrane18942
- Harry Morgan1889–18922
- Mayor Moran18892
- Prince Bismarck18892
- Henry White1889–19032
- John Quincy Adams18892
- Dr. Eames1889–18952
- Judge J. P. Hoyt1889–18952
- Michael Murphy1889–18942
- W. H. Doolittle1892–18942
- William D. Wood18952
- D. A. McKenzie1889–18932
- K. G. Faegre1889–18932
- A. M. Cannon1884–18952
- George H. Heilbron18922
- Judge Langford1886–18872
- John Egan1894–18952
- W. C. Hill1889–18952
- McNeill19162
- B. L. Sharpstein1892–18932
- John L. Sullivan18922
- Governor Squire1886–18892
- Chief Kellogg18922
- Thos. R. Brown18912
- Calkins18912
Organizations 111
- Northern Pacific Railroad1877–191064
- Republican Party1861–191628
- Seattle City Council1883–192426
- Democratic Party1859–190420
- Tacoma City Council1885–190919
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1885–192917
- Post-Intelligencer1884–189516
- American Railway Union1894–189514
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1883–189913
- Knights of Labor1885–189413
- Washington State Legislature1890–192513
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company1858–189713
- People's Party1886–189812
- Everett Trades Council1909–191212
- Tacoma Ledger1884–189511
- Chamber of Commerce1884–190910
- Northern Pacific1880–190410
- City of Seattle1884–18949
- Oregon Improvement Company1885–18959
- Commercial Club1893–19168
- Washington State Senate1895–19097
- Board of Public Works1893–18956
- King County Commissioners1876–18956
- Northern Pacific Railway1884–19096
- Great Northern Railway1892–19116
- University of Washington1893–19246
- Western Central Labor Union1892–19046
- Great Northern Railroad1892–18956
- American Federation of Labor1909–19296
- Seattle Board of Health1892–18956
- General Land Office1863–18915
- Board of Aldermen1892–18955
- Seattle Athletic Club1893–18955
- Walla Walla City Council19035
- Populist Party1893–18985
- Populists1894–18955
- Union Pacific1889–19094
- Seattle Police Department1885–18994
- United States Government1859–18894
- G.A.R.1893–19174
- Great Northern1894–19094
- Board of County Commissioners1885–19034
- Washington Territorial Legislature1861–18864
- Farmers' Alliance1891–18944
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1884–18864
- Seattle Board of Education1894–18954
- City of Tacoma1895–19094
- Washington State Supreme Court1890–19154
- Anti-Saloon League1909–19154
- Washington Supreme Court1892–19094
- Tacoma Railway & Power Company19044
- Secretary of State1914–19164
- Washington State Grange1898–19234
- King County delegation1892–18954
- Southern Pacific Railroad1884–18953
- United States Congress1884–18863
- Seattle Fire Department1894–18953
- Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1891–19043
- Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18873
- Odd Fellows1885–18943
- Supreme Court of Washington Territory1887–18893
- Puget Sound Dispatch1872–18763
- Board of Health1899–19053
- County Commissioners1890–19093
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company1884–18863
- Ballard City Council1894–18953
- Interior Department1884–18953
- Committee of Fifteen1887–18953
- Catholic Church1891–18953
- Washington Territorial House of Representatives1854–18873
- Plumbers' Union1892–19033
- Tacoma Light and Water Company1893–19043
- Seattle Telegraph1892–18943
- Kennewick City Council1914–19173
- The Tacoma Times19043
- State Federation of Labor1909–19243
- Trades Council1892–18943
- National Guard1894–18953
- American Protective Association1894–18953
- Pierce County delegation1892–18953
- Seattle Fire Commission18953
- Newport Town Council1908–19093
- The Seattle Star18992
- War Department18952
- Y.M.C.A.1892–19172
- The Seattle Post-Intelligencer1888–18912
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1888–18942
- Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1893–18942
- Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad18882
- Salvation Army18932
- Committee of Safety1882–18842
- Department of the Interior1859–18862
- Congress1884–18892
- The Daily Intelligencer1876–18772
- The Tribune1891–18952
- Intelligencer1876–18782
- A. P. A.1894–18952
- Sons of Veterans18952
- Grand Army of the Republic18952
- Yakama Nation1889–18922
- Baptist Church1885–18942
- Seattle General Hospital1895–19092
- Common Council1889–18952
- Presbytery of Puget Sound18772
- Tacoma Land Company1891–18952
- Board of Trade1886–18932
- First National Bank19032
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union18832
- State of Washington1889–19142
- Bar Association1889–18942
- Seattle School Board1894–18952