- William H. Wallace
Infobox_Officeholder
name=William H. Wallace
office=Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives fromIdaho Territory
term_start=February 1 ,1864
term_end=March 3 ,1865
predecessor=(none)
successor=Edward Dexter Holbrook
office2=1st Governor ofIdaho Territory
term_start2=March 10 ,1863
term_end2=February 1 ,1864
predecessor2=(none)
successor2=Caleb Lyon
office3=Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives fromWashington Territory
term_start3=March 4 ,1861
term_end3=March 3 ,1863
predecessor3=Isaac Stevens
successor3=George E. Cole
office4=4th Governor ofWashington Territory
term_start4=1861
term_end4=1861
predecessor4=Richard D. Gholson
successor4=Wiliam Pickering
date of birth=July 19 ,1811
place of birth= Troy,Ohio
dead = dead
date of death=death date and age|1879|2|7|1811|7|19
place of death= Steilacoom,Washington Territory
residence=Tacoma
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
party=Republican|William Henson Wallace (born
July 19 ,1811 in Troy,Ohio – diedFebruary 7 ,1879 in Steilacoom,Washington Territory ) was an important figure in the early histories of two U.S. states, serving as governor and Congressional delegate from both Washington Territory andIdaho Territory .After being admitted to the bar, Wallace moved to the Iowa District of
Wisconsin Territory in 1837. He was elected to the Iowa Territorial Legislature afterIowa Territory was organized the following year. Wallace was appointedcolonel of state troops and receiver of public money at Fairfield. Wallace ran an unsuccessful campaign for delegate from Iowa Territory in 1843. In 1848 he was a candidate forUnited States Senate from the new State ofIowa , but the Iowa Legislature instead selected DemocratsGeorge W. Jones andAugustus C. Dodge . Wallace moved to Washington Territory in 1853.In 1861 Wallace was appointed governor of
Washington Territory by PresidentAbraham Lincoln , but was also elected the territory's delegate to theUnited States House of Representatives and never took office. Wallace served a single term representing Washington Territory in the House.Shortly after his term expired in March 1863, Lincoln appointed Wallace governor of the new Idaho Territory. Wallace designated Lewiston as the territory's capital and arrived there in July. Later that year, Wallace was elected as the delegate from Idaho Territory and again vacated his gubernatorial appointment to serve in the House.
After his term expired in March 1865, Wallace returned to Washington Territory where he served as a probate judge in Pierce County until his death in 1879. Wallace is buried in Fort Steilacoom Cemetery.
Trivia
* Wallace was reputedly one of several people who turned down an invitation from Lincoln to accompany him to
Ford's Theatre on the night Lincoln was assassinated.
* Wallace's older brother David Wallace served as a Whig Governor of Indiana from 1837 to 1840.
* Wallace's nephew wasLew Wallace , Civil War Union general and author of "".Further reading
*cite book|author=
Meany, Edmond S |title=Governors of Washington : territorial and state|publisher=University of Washington,|year=1915 [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications_detail.aspx?p=30 Available online through the Washington State Library's Classics in Washington History collection]
*cite book|author=Defenbach, Byron|title=The State We Live In: Idaho|publisher=The Caxton Printers Ltd|year=1933ources
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