Augustus High

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Augustus High

|image =AHigh.png

|image_size=160px

|caption=High in 1899

| office = President pro tempore of the Washington Senate

| term_start = January 9, 1899

| term_end = January 14, 1901

| predecessor = W. H. Plummer

| successor = Joseph George Megler

|state_senate1 = Washington

|district1 = 13th

|term_start1 = January 11, 1897

|term_end1 = January 14, 1901

|predecessor1 = B. F. Shaw

|successor1 = E. M. Rands

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|birth_date ={{birth date|1844|9|7}}

|birth_place =Columbia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date ={{death date and age|1927|9|22|1844|9|7}}

|death_place =Vancouver, Washington, U.S.

|party =Democratic (1899–1927)

|otherparty = Populist (until 1899)

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Augustus High (September 7, 1844 – September 22, 1927) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate from 1897 to 1901.{{cite web |title=State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 {{endash}} 2011 |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |website=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082957/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |url-status=live}} From 1899 to 1901, he was president pro tempore of the Senate.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hAdQAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Augustus+High%22+Vancouver+pennsylvania|title=Legislative Manual and Political Directory: Containing the Platforms of the Various Political Organizations of Washington Since Its Admission as a State; an Official Directory; List of Members of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Legislatures, and Other Information Relating to Washington|year=1899}}