Government of Washington Territory

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The Government of Washington Territory was the territorial administration that governed the U.S. Pacific Northwest region that later became the state of Washington, operating under federal oversight before statehood.

All labels observed (2)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf territorial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Columbia River region (within the territory) ⓘ
Indigenous peoples within Washington Territory (subject to federal Indian policy) ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Puget Sound region ⓘ
Washington Territory ⓘ
area north of the Columbia River and west of the Rocky Mountains (initially) ⓘ
area that later became the U.S. state of Washington ⓘ
parts of present-day Idaho (historically) ⓘ
parts of present-day Montana (historically) ⓘ
parts of present-day Wyoming (historically) ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
capital Olympia, Washington Territory ⓘ
linked to: Olympia, Washington
constitutionalBasis Organic Act and applicable U.S. federal law ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1889-11-11 ⓘ
dissolved 1889 ⓘ
establishedBy Act of the United States Congress ⓘ
Organic Act of Washington Territory ⓘ
executiveHeadOfGovernment Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
followed Government of Oregon Country (de facto American administration) ⓘ
Government of Oregon Territory ⓘ
followedBy Government of the State of Washington ⓘ
hasCentralGovernment territorial capital at Olympia ⓘ
hasExecutiveBody Territorial executive offices of Washington Territory ⓘ
hasExecutiveBranch Office of the Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm territorial administration under federal oversight ⓘ
hasJudicialBody federally appointed territorial judges ⓘ
hasJudicialBranch Washington Territorial Supreme Court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver territorial courts of Washington Territory ⓘ
hasLegislativeBody bicameral territorial legislature of Washington Territory ⓘ
hasLegislativeBranch Washington Territorial Legislature ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment representative territorial government ⓘ
headOfGovernment Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century United States expansion ⓘ
American Old West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
inception 1853 ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
legalSystem United States law ⓘ
territorial law of Washington Territory ⓘ
legislativeBody Washington Territorial Legislature ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington Territory ⓘ
partOf Territorial system of the United States ⓘ
replacedBy Government of the State of Washington ⓘ
seatOfGovernment Olympia, Washington Territory ⓘ
linked to: Olympia, Washington
subordinateTo Federal government of the United States ⓘ
territoryStatus organized incorporated territory of the United States ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Oregon Territory → followedBy → Government of Washington Territory ⓘ
Washington Territory → governingBody → Office of the Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
linked to: Government of Washington Territory
Government of Washington Territory → hasExecutiveBranch → Office of the Governor of Washington Territory ⓘ
linked to: Government of Washington Territory
Washington Territorial Legislature → legislativeBranchOf → Government of Washington Territory ⓘ