William Pickering (governor)
- William Pickering (governor)
Infobox_Governor
name= William Pickering
caption=
order= 5th
office = Territorial Governor of Washington
term_start= 1862
term_end= 1866
lieutenant=
predecessor= William H. Wallace
successor= George E. Cole
birth_date= March 15, 1798
birth_place= Yorkshire, England
death_date= April 22, 1873
death_place= Illinois
spouse= Martha Flowers
profession=
party= Republican
religion=
footnotes=
William Pickering (March 15 1798 – April 22 1873), was a Republican and the fifth governor of Washington territory, from (1862 – 1866).
Pickering was born in Yorkshire, England.
He graduated from Oxford University in 1820. The following year he moved to Edwards County, Illinois, acquiring property and involving himself in various businesses in the area of Albion, Illinois. He married Martha Flowers in March 1824, and served in the Illinois legislature from 1842 to 1852.
He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860. In 1862 President Lincoln offered him the choice of being either part of the United States Ministry in England or Governor of the Washington territory, known at the time as the territory of Columbia. Pickering chose the governorship, and he moved to the territorial capital, Olympia, in June 1862, and served as governor until 1866. On September 4, 1864, he sent the first message over a transcontinental telegraph line. Under the leadership of Territorial Governor William Pickering, state government took responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. Lacking funds to build a hospital, the state contracted for the care of the mentally ill with the Sisters of Charity (now the Sisters of Providence), but, because of lack of funds, it was 19 months before the Sisters began to receive payment. [ [http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/geninfo/aboutdshs/3history.shtml About DSHS - A History of Human Services ] ] .
After his term, he moved back to Illinois, where he died in 1873.
References
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]
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