Ohio State Treasurer history

Prior to the adoption of the Constitution of 1851, the term of the Treasurer of State was three years.

In October of 1865, his family moved to Thurston County, Washington.

Clifford L. Babcock was born in Aurora, Illinois on June 24, 1866.

William George Potts was born in Ballybay, Ireland on June 11, 1872.

Edward Meath was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1881.

Charles R Maybury was born on March 23, 1886 in Winona, Minnesota.

C.W., having previously moved to Lewis County, Washington, was elected the first Mayor of Chehalis in 1890.

Four years later in the 1896 populist sweep, C.W. was chosen to run for State Treasurer and won, becoming the first and only populist State Treasurer in Washington State’s history.

Following his term as State Treasurer, Lindsley served as Deputy Treasurer until 1897 when he then moved back to Portland.

In 1901, he founded The Lindsley-Wright Company, and later that year married Marion Patton.

In 1903 he was elected to the State Senate representing the 35th Legislative District.

By 1906, Meath was the Pierce County Assessor and the years leading up to this election as State Treasurer he was also the Pierce County Treasurer.

In 1913, Meath was elected State Treasurer.

In 1920, George and Helen built their family home in Olympia, a home that is today owned by the Kent family and is on the local historical listing.

In 1921 at the end of his second term as a State Representative, Babcock was elected State Treasurer.

In 1927 he married his first wife Edna R. Crangle in King County, Washington.

At just 17, Gallagher entered Gonzaga University and would graduate just six years later with a law degree in 1929.

Gallagher was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1931.

He would go on to become a Seattle Councilman before becoming Washington State Treasurer in 1933 for the first time.

He married Ada Whiting on June 12, 1937 in Olympia.

Maynard died in 1940 and is buried in Lewis County, Washington.

He died on February 26, 1944 in Olympia, Washington and was buried in Port Angeles, Washington.

He served as Deputy Auditor until 1945 when he was appointed State Director of Parks and Recreation.

Gallagher ran for State Treasurer for a second time in 1952 and while he led the election by less than 1,000 votes before absentee ballots were counted, he ultimately lost.

In 1954, he was elected State Representative in the 22nd Legislative District.

He died on June 29, 1966 in Olympia, Washington.

In 1976, he was elected to serve the 25th Legislative District in the Washington State House of Representatives.

Following that, he served as the administrator of the PDPC (Public Deposit Protection Commission). He stayed at the Office of the State Treasurer until 1987 when he was appointed by the Thurston County Commissioners to fill a vacancy as the Thurston County Treasurer.

In 1997, then Treasurer Murphy recommended that the Legislature adopt the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program.

He died on June 1st, 2006 in Olympia, Washington.

Duane and his wife Kathy (who passed away in 2016) raised their three children in the Tri-Cities.

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