Eastern District of Washington
History
The Territory of Washington was created on March 2, 1853. The
District of Washington was created on February 22, 1889. The
District was effective upon the admission of Washington as a State on
November 11, 1889. The District was divided into two Districts,
the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, on March 2, 1905.
Following is a list of the United States Marshals for the Territory
of Washington, District of Washington and the Eastern District of
Washington.
| MARSHAL |
DATE |
| Territory of Washington |
| Anderson,
J. Patton |
March 21, 1853 |
| Corliss, George W. |
March 11, 1856 |
| Weed, Charles E. |
March 2, 1860 |
| Huntington, William |
October 9, 1861 |
|
January 22, 1862 |
|
July 12, 1866 |
| Ritz, Philip |
April 9, 1869 |
| Kearney, Edward S. |
March 2, 1870 |
| Hopkins, Charles |
January 12, 1876 |
|
March 11, 1880 |
| George, Jesse W. |
July 2, 1884 |
| Hamilton, Thomas J. |
December 3, 1885 |
|
August 4, 1886 |
|
| District of Washington |
| Brown, Thomas R. |
February 4, 1890 |
| Drake, James C. |
May 20, 1893 |
|
September 8, 1893 |
| Ide, Clarence W. |
July 1, 1897 |
| Hopkins, Charles B. |
March 3, 1902 |
|
| Eastern District of
Washington |
| Baker, George H. |
April 2, 1905 |
| |
December 12, 1905 |
| Halteman, W.A. |
February 15, 1911 |
| McGovern, James E. |
March 3, 1914 |
|
March 8, 1918 |
| Kees, Arthur F. |
September 27, 1921 |
| Ham, David T. |
December 21, 1925 |
| |
February 19, 1930 |
| Bezona, Wayne |
February 20, 1934 |
|
May 16, 1940 |
| |
September 27, 1944 |
| |
July 11, 1951 |
| Holmes, Darrell O. |
June 3, 1953 |
| |
June 20, 1957 |
| Donovan, Daniel T. |
February 17, 1962 |
| Atwood, James E. |
January 22, 1968 |
|
March 28, 1968 |
|
Locke, George A. |
November 7, 1969 |
|
December 17, 1969 |
| |
April 5, 1974 |
| Sherar, Archie P. |
October 25, 1977 |
| Atwood, James E. |
May 29, 1981 |
| Nolan, Paul R. |
December 3, 1981 |
| |
June 25, 1986 |
| Dashiell, G. Ronald |
February 11, 1994 |
| Buchanan,
Merlin D. |
March 17,
2001 |
| Marks,
Michael E. |
May 7,
2002 |
| Kline, Michael |
July
1, 2002 |
| Thayer, Craig |
September 9, 2010 |
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