Daniel J. Evans
Daniel J. Evans
Daniel Jackson Evansserved three terms as the 16th Governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 November 1925
CountryUnited States of America
Then I came back and restarted at the UW that fall.
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We had a big party that night and everybody went around gathering results from various precincts and each person would get four or five precincts and then come to the house. There were no cell phones or anything to get results phoned in early.
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Actually, as that first association continued, we got a little more legitimate. In those days, they asked Boy Scout troops to act as ushers during the football games. So we signed up and I went to many games in full Boy Scout uniform as an usher.
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Interestingly enough, I met and had classes from several professors that my father had had many years before when he took civil engineering.
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It was a great party because not only did I win the contested primary, I ran ahead of the incumbent, so it was a great start politically.
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The most significant thing that happened in the 12 years that I was governor was the development of the state community college system.