| LC control no. | no2016138973 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mead, Albert E., 1861-1913 |
| Variant(s) | Mead, A. E., 1861-1913 Mead, Albert Edward, 1861-1913 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Washington (State). Governor (1905-1909 : Mead) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Washington (State) |
| Located | Blaine (Wash.) Bellingham (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1861-12-14 |
| Death date | 1913-03-19 |
| Place of birth | Kansas |
| Place of death | Bellingham (Wash.) |
| Field of activity | Law Washington (State)--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Public prosecutors Mayors Governors Politicians |
| Found in | Portraits Collection, University of Washington Digital Collections, April 1, 2016 title (Albert E. Mead, 1906) on face of image (A.E. Mead, Governor) Washington (State). Governor (1905-1909 : Mead). Second message of Gov. Albert E. Mead to the Legislature of 1907, 1907. Wikipedia, April 1, 2016 (Albert E. Mead; Albert Edward Mead (December 14, 1861-March 19, 1913) was the fifth Governor of Washington, serving in that position from 1905 to 1909. Mead was born in Kansas on December 14, 1861. There is conflicting information about his town of birth: most reliable sources say it was Manhattan, Kansas, but there is one claim he was born in Ashland, Kansas. He received his formal education at Southern Illinois Normal University and at Northwestern University's Union College of Law in Chicago. After graduating from law school in 1885, Mead returned to Kansas to practice law for four years. He married Elizabeth "Lizzy" Pauline Brown and they had one daughter, Mary; and three sons, Wendell, Roland, and William. In 1889, he moved to Washington Territory. Mead served as Mayor of Blaine, Washington (1892), as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives (1892), and as prosecuting attorney for Whatcom County, Washington from 1898 to 1903. His wife, "Lizzy", died in 1898, and on May 5, 1899, he married Mina Jane Hosmer Pifer, and they had one son, Albert Vincent; After his term as governor ended, Mead moved to Bellingham, Washington, where he returned to private practice as a lawyer and served as president of the Chamber of Commerce. Mead died in Bellingham on March 19, 1913, and is interred at Bayview Cemetery, Bellingham, Washington) National Governors Association, April 1, 2016: governors > past-governors-bios > page_washington (Washington Governor Albert E. Mead; Office Dates: Jan 09, 1905 - Jan 27, 1909; Born: Dec 14, 1861, Passed: Mar 19, 1913; Birth State: Kansas; Party: Republican; Family: Married twice--Lizzie Brown (four children); Mina J. Piper (one child); School(s): Southern Illinois Normal University; Union College of Law. Albert E. Mead was born in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a graduate of Southern Illinois Normal University and studied at Union College of Law. After practicing law in Wichita, he moved to Blaine, Washington in 1889. He was elected Mayor of Blaine, a member of the State House of Representatives, and Prosecuting Attorney of Whatcom County before being nominated for governor under the sponsorship of agents of an executive of the Great Northern Railway. Mead failed to win the Republican primary of 1909 and retired to Bellingham, where he practiced law. He also served two terms as president of the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce) |
| Associated language | eng |
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