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Watson was born on May 18, 1838 at Cape Vincent, New York, United States. His father, the Rev. Orra Squire, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, and his mother, Erreta (Wheeler) Squire, were both of New England stock.
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Excerpt from Resources and Development of the Territory of Washington: Message and Report of Watson C. Squire, Governor of Washington Territory to the Legislative Assembly, Session 1885-6 I have appointed Mr. Ezra Meeker, Commissioner for the Territory at the North, Central and South American Exposition at New Orleans. He is well fitted for this position by his pioneering residence here, his persistent energy, and his acquaint ance with our resources and productions. He will make a display of such products as are readily obtainable, including sugar made from beets raised in this Territory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Watson was born on May 18, 1838 at Cape Vincent, New York, United States. His father, the Rev. Orra Squire, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, and his mother, Erreta (Wheeler) Squire, were both of New England stock.
He attended public schools, Falley Seminary, Fulton, New York, and Fairfield Seminary in Herkimer County. In 1859 he graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, and during the year following was principal of Moravia Institute at Moravia, New York. He began the study of law at Herkimer, but soon after the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a private in Company F, 19th New York Volunteer Infantry, and was later promoted to first lieutenant. Mustered out in October 1861, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from the Cleveland Law School in 1862, and was admitted to the bar.
After being admitted to the bar, Squire then organized the 7th Independent Company of Ohio Sharpshooters, of which he became captain. The company operated with the Western divisions during the remainder of the war. In 1864-65 Squire served as judge advocate on Rosecrans' staff. He had been promoted to major and was subsequently brevetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel. After the war he returned to New York State and accepted a position with E. Remington & Sons, manufacturers of firearms.
He soon attained managerial rank in the company and negotiated important sales to France, during the Franco-Prussian War, and to other powers. His business necessitated extensive travel in Europe, also a winter's sojourn in Mexico.
In the spring of 1879, property interests took him to the Puget Sound country, and from that year Seattle became his permanent residence.
Besides acquiring extensive real-estate holdings, he interested Eastern capitalists, chiefly Henry Villard, in the Territory's railroads and coal mines. Affiliated with the Republican party, he leaned toward the Stalwart or regular wing. Appointed governor of Washington Territory in 1884, he distinguished himself for his firmness in maintaining law and order during the anti-Chinese riots of 1885-86.
In 1887 he resigned to devote himself to his private business, but in 1889 he was called to preside over the convention held at Ellensburg for the purpose of drafting a state constitution. Statehood attained, Squire was elected senator.
He returned to business and became president of the Union Trust Company and of the Squire Investment Company.
Following his defeat for re-election to the U. S. Senate in 1897, he returned to Seattle, where he served as president of both the Union Trust Company and the Squire Investment Company.
He died in Seattle at the age of 88, with a personal fortune believed to be in excess of one million dollars.
As a member and twice as chairman of the committee on coast defenses, Watson Carvosso Squire secured material enlargements in these defenses. Among his other important interests were Alaska, for which he secured the government geological survey and special reconnaissances of its mineral resources; and the Isthmian canal, for which he favored the Nicaraguan route. For his state he secured the naval station and dry dock at Bremerton, extensive harbor and river improvements, and the initial appropriation for the Lake Washington Canal. When he first entered the Senate, drawing with the other new arrivals from the omnibus states, Squire secured a two-year term, but he was reelected in 1891; in 1897, however, the strength of the free-silver movement eliminated him, a gold-standard man, from candidacy for reelection.
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On December 3, 1868, he married Ida, daughter of Philo Remington; they had four children.
