Edward S. Salomon
Former Governor of Washington territory
Edward Selig Salomon was a German-American politician and military official. Born into a Jewish family in the Duchy of Schleswig in modern-day Germany, he immigrated to the United States as a young adult and served as a lieutenant colonel for the... Wikipedia
Born: December 25, 1836, Duchy of Schleswig
Died: July 18, 1913 (age 76 years), San Francisco, CA
Previous offices: Governor of Washington territory (1870–1872) and Cook County Clerk (1865–1869)