A. T. Van de Vanter
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A. T. Van de Vanter | |
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Member of the Washington State Senate | |
In office January 12, 1903 – January 14, 1907 | |
Preceded by | T. B. Sumner |
Succeeded by | Ralph D. Nichols |
Constituency | 31st |
In office January 7, 1891 – January 14, 1895 | |
Preceded by | W. J. Parkinson |
Succeeded by | John Wooding |
Constituency | 24th |
Personal details | |
Born | Sturgis, Michigan, U.S. | February 25, 1859
Died | September 15, 1907 Van Asselt, King County, Washington, U.S. | (aged 48)
Political party | Republican |
Relations | Willis Van Devanter |
Occupation | Businessman |
Aaron T. Van de Vanter (February 25, 1859 – September 15, 1907) was an American politician and businessman in the state of Washington. He was the President of the Washington Central Improvement Company. He was elected as the first mayor of the city of Kent, on May 22, 1890. He also served on the town council in 1893, and was elected to the office of King county Sheriff in 1894. He served in the Washington State Senate from 1891 to 1895.[1][2] He died of heart failure in 1907, as a result of a recent car accident.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2015-02-21.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Barton's Legislative Hand-book and Manual of the State of Washington". T.H. Boyd. December 31, 1893. Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015 – via Google Books.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (September 16, 1907). "The Seattle star. (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, September 16, 1907, Last Edition, Image 1". Archived from the original on February 21, 2015. Retrieved December 31, 2019 – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
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- 1859 births
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- Businesspeople from King County, Washington
- Mayors of places in Washington (state)
- People from Kent, Washington
- Washington (state) city council members
- Washington (state) sheriffs
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- People from Sturgis, Michigan
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American businesspeople
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