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Year	Stories
1854	17
1858	2
1859	3
1860	1
1861	17
1862	16
1863	14
1864	2
1865	1
1871	2
1872	14
1876	50
1877	56
1878	30
1879	5
1880	10
1882	8
1883	39
1884	39
1885	69
1886	53
1887	30
1888	27
1889	120
1890	16
1891	90
1892	151
1893	126
1894	155
1895	53
1896	1
1897	1
1898	3
1899	32
1900	3
1902	1
1903	72
1904	43
1905	17
1907	1
1908	2
1909	61
1910	12
1911	13
1912	4
1914	13
1915	14
1916	35
1917	28
1918	2
1923	7
1924	6
1925	2

1,704 stories matching govern, the 400 most mentioned

People 259

Judge Hanford1889–190930
Grover Cleveland1885–190921
Mayor Ronald1892–189414
Judge Jacobs1872–189113
Beriah Brown1872–188012
John H. McGraw1885–189511
John B. Allen1876–189410
W. H. White1872–189410
Theodore Roosevelt1903–19099
Thomas Burke1884–18959
John Leary1872–18939
J. T. Ronald1892–18958
Nelson Bennett1892–18998
Watson C. Squire1885–18948
Watson Squire1886–18948
Abraham Lincoln1861–19037
C. H. Hanford1877–19097
Elisha P. Ferry1877–18937
John L. Wilson1892–18997
Commissioner Sparks1885–18867
James J. Hill1892–19036
Judge Burke1889–18946
John Collins1872–18946
E. O. Graves1893–18996
Chief Moses1878–18946
Secretary Noble1889–18926
Miles Poindexter1910–19176
Frank C. Ross1892–18936
White1876–18995
A. A. Denny1888–18955
Francis Henry18635
Orange Jacobs1871–18845
Judge Lewis1876–18865
Benjamin Harrison1888–18925
J. Eugene Jordan1892–18965
Victor Smith1862–18885
Robert Moran1888–18995
James Hamilton Lewis18925
Levi Ankeny1895–19055
Senator Squire1893–18955
Lee M. Lampson1914–19165
J. J. McGilvra1872–18955
James G. Swan1861–18915
Senator Allen18925
Collector Wasson1892–18935
Mayor Phelps1894–18955
Senator Ankeny1903–19054
Senator Foster1899–19044
Louis D. Campbell19044
Chester A. Arthur1884–18894
Senator Stewart1888–18994
E. P. Ferry1872–18934
Roger S. Greene1884–18954
John J. McGilvra1877–18944
C. B. Bagley1872–18914
Jacob Furth1893–18994
Bolton Rogers1888–18964
Commissioner Emery1893–18944
Woodrow Wilson1916–19174
Isaac Stevens1854–19244
Oliver Wood1885–18894
Hugh Wallace1893–18944
H. W. Miller18924
George W. Hall18924
Byron Barlow1892–18954
Wallace Nutting1892–18934
George Hazzard1892–18944
Thomas M. Fisher1892–18954
Samuel Gompers1909–19114
R. E. Pratt1915–19174
Peter Stanup1891–18934
Byron Phelps1894–18954
Ira M. Krutz1891–18924
Agent Eells1892–18954
Collector Saunders1893–18954
Henry L. Yesler1888–18913
S. H. Piles1894–18953
Isaac I. Stevens1854–18773
Daniel Webster1877–18923
Mayor Campbell19043
Jackson1877–18943
Jim Hill1899–19093
Mayor Humes18993
Dexter Horton1877–18953
Sheriff Cochrane1888–18893
Henry Villard1884–18943
G. A. Weed1872–18953
Mitchell1876–18883
O. Jacobs1871–18783
Everett Smith1892–18943
John Lamb1892–18943
President of the United States1882–18883
Jones1887–18913
Beecher1887–18883
J. C. Mitchell1888–18893
J. M. Carson1888–18923
Hanford1876–18853
Andrews1876–19163
John Quirk18763
Robert Bridges1892–19033
Judge Hoyt1883–18913
Judge Lichtenberg1891–18923
Thomas Carroll1887–18943
Benezette Williams1891–18923
Senator Claypool1891–18923
Secretary Teller1883–18843
W. L. Jones1885–19053
Nelson A. Miles1885–18943
John F. Gowey1891–18933
Henry Drum18923
Thomas W. Symons1892–18943
Inspector Coblentz18933
Patrick Henry Winston18923
William Howard Taft1909–19103
Edwin Eells1883–18933
H. J. Snively1890–18943
William H. Wallace18613
Stambaugh1909–19103
Jay Lynch1891–19053
George P. Wright19043
Hawley1889–19093
Congressman Cushman1904–19093
Congressman Wilson1893–18953
Adam Schmidt19033
Krug1893–18943
W. T. Scott1893–18943
William Crehan19093
Steve Judson1893–18943
Gov. McGraw1894–18953
Jumbo Cantwell18943
City Engineer Thomson18943
Representative Doolittle1894–18953
Sickels1891–18923
President Roosevelt19032
Andrew Jackson1876–18952
Governor McBride19032
C. M. Bradshaw1876–18832
Squire1891–18952
Voorhees1885–18862
Miller1894–19092
Governor Ferry18912
President Wilson1891–19162
John Callahan18992
Hill1876–18992
Richard Winsor18942
Williams1884–18922
Kellogg1876–18922
McDonald1893–18952
John Arthur18942
Wilson1876–18912
James G. Blaine1885–18892
W. H. Whittlesey1884–18942
Thomas H. Brents18822
Howard1886–18932
Brents1882–18842
E. L. Smith1872–18922
Dr. Minor1876–18872
Jay Gould18902
Dr. Sparling1876–18922
William H. Seward1880–18892
Ulysses S. Grant1880–18892
Judge Greene1885–18862
Selucius Garfielde18722
Andrew Johnson1878–18892
David Higgins18722
Gardner Kellogg1872–18922
Leander Miller1884–18942
T. M. Reed1872–18912
E. A. Gardner18882
J. C. Haines1882–18892
Bowen1892–18992
Edmond S. Meany18932
Russell A. Alger1889–18912
Comptroller Parry18992
Councilman Hill18992
"Fighting Joe" Martin18992
Mayor Hume18992
Mr. Pratt1899–19152
Daniel Jones1895–18992
William H. White1872–18952
Marshal Hamilton1887–18882
George Turner1904–19232
J. J. Rudkin1915–19172
Scott Z. Henderson1914–19152
John Sherman1880–18892
McMillan1876–18952
E. C. Kilbourne1889–18922
A. Mackintosh18772
George Foster1877–18942
Murphy1890–18912
Catharine T. Maynard1872–18892
Judge Moore18992
Dr. Thomas1899–19042
Hamilton1887–18882
Rutherford B. Hayes1877–18892
W. W. Theobalds18722
W. M. York18722
Gov. Ferry1872–18772
Reed1890–19092
Walter N. Granger1890–18992
John McGraw18932
Yesler1885–18882
T. T. Minor1884–18862
Dr. T. T. Minor1885–18932
J. M. Colman1892–18952
Allen1876–18952
Booth1876–18772
C. D. Emery1887–18922
Henry Clay1877–18892
D. T. Wheeler1877–18782
John Thompson18772
Delegate Jacobs1876–18782
James McNaught18842
Mayor Weed1877–18782
M. S. Boom18782
James Tilton1861–18622
Mr. Booth1877–18782
Gen. Howard1878–18802
John Burke1878–19232
Collector Webster1876–18802
Mr. Learned1876–18932
William Pickering1862–18632
Gov. Stevens1858–18762
Mr. Burke1880–18952
Eldridge Morse1877–18782
Daniel McDonald18762
Whitney1877–18852
Harriman18772
A. J. Miller1854–18912
William Cochrane1886–18942
Mayor Moran18892
John Hay1889–19032
Philander C. Knox1889–19032
Frank Morrison1909–19102
President Cleveland1889–18942
Secretary of the Navy18892
Rogers1877–18952
Chief Justice Burke18892
George Bush1886–18892
Frank A. Bartlett1889–18922
John P. Hoyt18892
W. H. Doolittle1892–18942
Secretary Tracy18892
Quincy A. Brooks1887–18892
E. F. Blaine1894–18952
George H. Heilbron1891–18942
Dr. Jordan1892–18942
W. C. Hill18892
John R. Kinnear1889–18922
Secretary Whitney1885–18892
E. A. Strout1891–18952
Charles M. Bradshaw18912
Milton L. Baer1891–18942
Captain Symons1891–18952
John Reed18912
Attorney-General Jones1891–18942
Judge Humes1894–18952
Major Rinehart1892–18932
Governor Newell1883–18842

Organizations 141

Northern Pacific Railroad1872–191789
Seattle City Council1878–189931
Post-Intelligencer1885–189926
Republican Party1861–190425
General Land Office1860–191424
Northern Pacific Railroad Company1858–191719
Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–190318
Chamber of Commerce1884–190418
Congress1862–189918
Democratic Party1876–190415
Tacoma City Council1884–190914
Northern Pacific1876–190514
Everett Trades Council1909–191212
Knights of Labor1885–189411
Washington State Legislature1878–190911
Seattle Chamber of Commerce1891–190410
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce1892–190910
Puyallup Tribe1891–190910
United States Congress1854–18929
Oregon Improvement Company1884–18959
Department of the Interior1859–19259
Puget Sound Dispatch1871–18769
Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer1885–18878
War Department1892–19147
Salvation Army1892–19047
Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1876–18887
Interior Department1883–19167
Board of Public Works1891–18946
Northern Pacific Railway1893–19096
United States Government1859–18926
Secretary of the Interior1876–19166
Washington Territorial Legislature1862–18866
People's Party1892–18946
Great Northern Railway1899–19115
Treasury Department1883–18955
City of Seattle1877–18935
Hudson's Bay Company1854–18855
U.S. Congress1861–19165
U.S. House of Representatives1876–18925
Seattle Intelligencer1876–18785
University of Washington1878–19165
City Council1889–18945
Grand Army of the Republic1891–18945
Commercial Club1892–19175
United States Senate1886–18955
Populist Party1893–18985
Olympia City Council1891–18955
Washington Standard1861–18634
Alaska Commercial Company1891–18994
The Oregonian1877–19034
Weekly Dispatch18784
United States District Court1887–19094
The Northern Star18774
United States Navy1879–18894
Rainier Club1891–19164
Tacoma Ledger1891–19004
Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory1861–18864
American Federation of Labor1894–19114
Reclamation Service1905–19164
Everett City Council1894–19114
Washington Supreme Court1891–19034
Municipal League1894–18954
Seattle1888–18893
King County Commissioners1889–18953
Hudson Bay Company1859–18933
Seattle Board of Public Works1892–18943
The Daily Intelligencer1876–18773
Territorial University1872–18833
Supreme Court of Washington Territory1862–18893
Olympia Tribune1872–18913
Intelligencer1872–18773
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1882–18863
King County1876–18953
United States Treasury Department1886–18993
Western Union Telegraph Company1883–18863
Kennewick Commercial Club1915–19173
U.S. Navy1872–18943
Puget Sound Agricultural Company1854–18723
Board of County Commissioners1876–18833
Northern Star18773
Department of Agriculture1894–19153
Tacoma Land Company1880–18943
Canadian government1885–19093
British Government1885–18923
Washington Constitutional Convention18893
United States Department of Agriculture1902–19173
Henry Dennis1891–18923
Ballard City Council1892–18943
Board of Aldermen1893–18943
Navy Department1885–19033
Washington Territory Legislature1854–18853
Seattle House of Delegates1892–18933
Seattle Telegraph1892–18943
Anti-Saloon League1900–19093
Washington State Federation of Labor1910–19113
American Railway Union18943
Sumner Iron Works1910–19113
House Committee on Public Lands1884–18943
Byron Barlow & Co.1892–18943
The Ranch19033
United States Army1885–19042
Eshelman, Llewellyn & Co.1888–18892
Tacoma News1886–18992
Sunset Telephone Company1894–18992
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad1893–18942
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway1893–18952
Seattle City Government18892
Post Office Department1892–18942
U.S. Land Office1872–18922
The Tribune1891–18922
Moran Brothers1888–18912
King County Teachers' Institute1872–18852
First Washington Volunteers18992
Great Northern1894–18992
Everett Land Company1893–18942
Union Iron Works1889–18992
Great Britain1879–18882
Commissioner of the General Land Office1860–18762
Whitman College1903–19152
Courier-Reporter1915–19182
Interstate Commerce Commission1889–19162
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad1904–19142
U.S. Senate1876–18922
Crawford & Harrington18772
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington18542
Union Labor Party1887–18882
United States Land Office1888–18892
Territorial Legislature1876–18782
Evening Dispatch1877–18782
Seattle Common Council1878–18862
Secretary of the Treasury1889–18932
U.S. Government1877–18832
Canadian Pacific1889–18952
First National Bank1883–18952
Constitutional Convention18892
Democratic Territorial Committee1886–18892
State of Washington18892
General Relief Committee1889–18952
Seattle Improvement Company1889–18932
Seattle School Board1885–18942
House of Delegates18922