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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Elijah Sherman Grammer |
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, Washington , United States |
| Email | None |
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April 03, 1868
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| Died | November 19, 1936
(68 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RP
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| Info | born in Quincy, Hickory County, Mo., April 3, 1868; attended the common schools and Bentonville (Ark.) College; moved to Washington in 1887, where he was a logger and general manager in logging camps near Tacoma; returned to Bentonville (Ark.) College in 1892; went to Alaska in 1897 as general manager of logging camps; returned to Washington in 1901 and located in Seattle; engaged as owner-logger in many companies; served as president of the Employers’ Association of Washington 1916-1917; during the First World War was appointed a major in the United States Army, assigned to the spruce-production division at Grays and Willapa Harbors 1918-1919; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wesley L. Jones and served from November 22, 1932, to March 3, 1933; was not a candidate for election to the full term; resumed his interests in the logging business; also served as an officer of investment and railway companies; died in Seattle, Wash., on November 19, 1936; interment in Lakeview Cemetery.
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