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MAYOR-020
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- 1894 (Creation)
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ca. 1894. Edward S. Orr was elected mayor of Tacoma on April 3, 1894. Born in Pennsylvania in 1853, Mr. Orr came to Tacoma in 1888. He was engaged in real estate and mining, and had served one term on the city council before being elected mayor. He had defeated Mayor Herbert S. Huson for the Republican nomination and would triumph over Angelo V. Fawcett in the general election. Ed Orr would travel on to Alaska during the gold rush days where he became involved in that state's politics after his Tacoma political career had concluded. This picture was published in The Tacoma Herald, April 7, 1894 p.1 ALBUM 16. (History of Washington, the evergreen state from early dawn to daylight),
Orr, Edward S.; Mayors--Tacoma--1890-1900