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Thomas J. Humes

{{Short description|American politician (1849–1904)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Thomas J. Humes

|image = Seattle Mayor Thomas J. Humes, circa 1900.gif

|alt = Photograph of Thomas J. Humes

|caption = Humes, c. 1900

|office = 23rd Mayor of Seattle

|term_start = November 19, 1897

|term_end = March 21, 1904

|predecessor = W. D. Wood

|successor = Richard A. Ballinger

|office2 = Member of the Washington Territorial Legislature

|term_start2 = 1887

|term_end2 = 1889

|predecessor2 = Patrick Halloran

|office3 = Member of the Kansas House of Representatives

|constituency3 = 105th district

|term_start3 = 1877

|term_end3 = 1881

|birth_name = Thomas Jefferson Humes

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1849|2|14}}

|birth_place = Clinton County, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1904|11|9|1849|2|14}}

|death_place = Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.

|spouse = Alma Roberts

|children = 8

|party = Republican

}}

Thomas Jefferson Humes (February 14, 1849 – November 9, 1904) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Seattle from 1897 to 1904, as a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his mayoralty he served in the Kansas House of Representatives and the legislature of the Washington Territory.

Born in Clinton County, Indiana, Humes was educated in Keokuk County, Iowa, and studied law in Sigourney, Iowa. He practiced law in Washington County, Kansas, before being elected as the county's prosecuting attorney. After serving two terms in the state house he unsuccessfully ran for Kansas Attorney General and worked as an Assistant United States Attorney.

Moving to Washington in 1882, Humes served in the territorial legislature for one term. He worked as a lawyer before Governor Elisha P. Ferry appointed him as a judge in 1890. The Seattle City Council appointed him to replace Mayor W. D. Wood in 1897, and he won in the 1898, 1900, and 1902 elections.

Early life

Thomas Jefferson Humes{{sfn|Name|1905}} was born in Clinton County, Indiana, near the Wabash River, on February 14, 1849, to James Humes and Sarah Start. His family were of Scottish descent. His family moved to Keokuk County, Iowa, in 1853, and was educated there before becoming a teacher at age 17.{{sfn|Hines|1893|pp=412-413}}

Humes was a member of the Kansas state militia in 1868, and fought Native Americans.{{sfn|Mayor Elect|1898}} After studying law under George D. Wooden in Sigourney, Iowa, he was admitted to the Iowa Bar in February 1870.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}}{{sfn|Obituary 2|1904}}{{sfn|Hines|1893|pp=412-413}} He married Alma Roberts, with whom he had eight children.{{sfn|Hines|1893|pp=412-413}}

Career

=Kansas=

Practicing law in Washington County, Kansas, Humes was elected prosecuting attorney for the county. In 1873, Humes travelled to the Pacific coast and went through Nevada, California, and Oregon before returning to Kansas in 1874.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}}

Humes was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives from the 105th district as a Republican in 1876,{{sfn|Nominee|1876}}{{sfn|Election|1876}} and 1878.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}} He sought the position of Kansas Attorney General in 1880, but lost the Republican nomination to William Agnew Johnston.{{sfn|AG|1880}}{{sfn|Wilder|1886|p=895}} He assumed duties as an Assistant United States Attorney in Topeka, Kansas, on December 10, 1880,{{sfn|Assume|1880}} and served until his resignation in 1882, in order to move to Seattle, Washington Territory.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}}

=Washington=

Patrick Halloran, a member of the territorial legislature in Washington, was murdered and Humes was elected in the 1887 special election to succeed him.{{sfn|Murder|1887}}{{sfn|Election|1887}} During his tenure in the legislature he served on the Corporations, Counties, Military Affairs, and Mining committees and chaired the Judiciary committee.{{sfn|Committee|1887}}{{sfn|Chair|1887}}

After practicing law alone in Seattle from 1882 to 1888, Humes formed a partnership with William R. Andrews in 1888, under the name Humes & Andrews.{{sfn|Partner|1888}}{{sfn|Obituary|1904}} This firm continued until Governor Elisha P. Ferry appointed him as a judge on March 3, 1890.{{sfn|Appoint|1890}}{{sfn|Obituary|1904}} During his judicial tenure he oversaw the trial of Thomas Hamilton Blanck.{{sfn|McClary|2010}} He won in the 1890 and 1892 elections, but lost in 1896.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}} The Republicans of King County attempted to have Humes nominated for Washington Supreme Court in 1894, but were unsuccessful.{{sfn|King|1894}}{{sfn|Fail|1894}}

=Mayoralty=

File:Thomas J. Humes.png

Mayor Frank D. Black resigned three weeks into his tenure and was replaced by W. D. Wood.{{sfn|Mayors}} However, Wood resigned in order to participate in the Klondike Gold Rush.{{sfn|Wilma|2000}} After 65 ballots, the Seattle City Council selected Humes to fill the vacant mayoral post on November 19, 1897.{{sfn|Mayor|1897}} The Republicans nominated him for mayor{{sfn|Nomination|1898}} and he defeated fusionist candidate Samuel J. Calderhead in the 1898 election.{{sfn|Election|1898}}

Seeking to succeed John L. Wilson in the United State Senate, Humes ran in the 1899 election{{sfn|Announce|1898}} and was endorsed by the King County Republicans,{{sfn|Endorse|1898}} but lost to Addison G. Foster on February 1, 1899, after 24 ballots.{{sfn|Election|1899}} Humes unsuccessfully sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination for the 1900 election, but lost.{{sfn|Gubernatorial|1900}}{{sfn|Fail|1900}}

Humes was reelected in 1900, despite facing opposition from Wilson's supporters, who unsuccessfully ran Harry C. Gordon for the Republican nomination.{{sfn|Piper|1900}}{{sfn|Nomination|1900}} He defeated Democratic nominee J.W. Godwin in 1902.{{sfn|Election|1902}} George U. Piper, the business manager of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, managed Humes's campaign in 1900 and 1902.{{sfn|Piper|1900}}{{sfn|Piper|1902}} On September 1, 1903, he announced that he would not seek reelection.{{sfn|No Reelection|1903}}

File:Gardner Kellogg.png

During Humes's tenure as mayor the city lighting plant was completed and the city's rail system was expanded and consolidated into a public transportation system.{{sfn|Farr|2022}} Gardner Kellogg, chief of the fire department, was appointed Seattle's first Fire Marshal by Humes in February 1901.{{sfn|McClary|2020}} William Meredith, chief of the Seattle Police Department, resigned on June 22, 1901, after it was revealed he accepted bribes and allowed illegal gambling to occur; he was later shot to death on June 25, due to a dispute with John Considine.{{sfn|Dougherty|2014}}

A story claims that people confused Mark Twain for Humes when Twain came to Seattle in the 1890s.{{sfn|Twain|1901}} Humes was missing for over 30 hours after he slipped and sprained his ankle on September 25, 1902, while hunting a bear, but was discovered by a search party after a storm.{{sfn|Missing|1902}}{{sfn|Found|1902}} John Sullivan, Walter S. Fulton, and Humes were indicted on March 11, 1903, for failing to enforce gambling laws, but these were dismissed via demurrer on April 13.{{sfn|Indict|1903}}{{sfn|Dismiss|1903}}

Death

Humes and his brother James left for the District of Alaska in September 1904, in order to prospect for gold and arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska, after stopping in Dawson City, Yukon. He suffered a heart attack in Fairbanks, on November 9, 1904.{{sfn|Obituary|1904}}{{sfn|McClary|2009}} His body was shipped on December 8, using dog sleds,{{sfn|Ship|1904}} reached Copper Center, Alaska, on December 21,{{sfn|Copper|1904}} and was delivered to Seattle via ship on January 10, 1905.{{sfn|Arrive|1905}} Samuel Humes, his son, served on the Seattle City Council in the 1930s and 1940s.{{sfn|Banel|2021}}

Political positions

Humes was an opponent of women's suffrage{{sfn|Obituary|1904}} and supported the Chinese Exclusion Act.{{sfn|Exclusion}}

Electoral history

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style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1898

| Mayor of Seattle

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};";" |

| Republican

|

|

|

| 3,263

| 55.79%

| 1st

| {{yes|Won}}

| {{sfn|Election|1898}}

style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1900

| Mayor of Seattle

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};";" |

| Republican

| 248.67

| 72.50%

| 1st

|

|

|

| {{yes|Won}}

| {{sfn|Nomination|1900}}

style="background-color:#EAECF0;" | 1902

| Mayor of Seattle

| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};";" |

| Republican

|

|

|

| 7,875

| 64.32%

| 1st

| {{yes|Won}}

| {{sfn|Result|1902}}

References

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Works cited

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=Books=

  • {{cite book|last=Hines |first=H. |title=An Illustrated History of the State of Washington |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |date=1893 |url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedhisto00hine}}
  • {{cite book|last=Wilder |first=Daniel |title=The Annals of Kansas |publisher=Kansas Publishing House |date=1886 |url=https://archive.org/details/annalsofkansas00wild}}

=Newspapers=

  • {{Cite news |date=November 11, 1876 |title=1876 Election |page=1 |work=Leavenworth Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-times/168450680/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Election|1876}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 6, 1887 |title=A Republican Nomination |page=15 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle/168476674/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Murder|1887}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 28, 1902 |title=A Strenuous Experience |page=2 |work=Fresno Morning Republican |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-morning-republican/168516280/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Found|1902}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 4, 1890 |title=Appointment of Superior Judge for King County |page=1 |work=Statesman Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal/168477547/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Appoint|1890}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=December 10, 1880 |title=Assistant U.S. Attorney |page=3 |work=The Daily Commonwealth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-commonwealth/168475747/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Assume|1880}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=January 11, 1905 |title=Body of Ex-Mayor Humes Arrives |page=16 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168518943/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Arrive|1905}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=January 14, 1905 |title=Borne To Last Rest |page=11 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168570082/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Name|1905}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 16, 1894 |title=Endorse Hume's Candidacy |page=5 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168477804/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|King|1894}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 10, 1904 |title=Ex-Mayor Humes Dies In Alaska |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168474584/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Obituary|1904}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 19, 1904 |title=Fell Dead On The Street |page=8 |work=Washington Palladium |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/washington-palladium/168518267/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Obituary 2|1904}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=December 22, 1887 |title=Formerly of Kansas |page=2 |work=The Kansas Chief |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-chief/168476895/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Chair|1887}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 11, 1898 |title=Fusion defeat |page=2 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/168478299/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Election|1898}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=December 10, 1904 |title=Humes' Body Is Shipped |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168518564/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Ship|1904}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=February 22, 1900 |title=Humes Gets The Renomination |page=8 |work=Tacoma Daily Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/168512146/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Nomination|1900}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 5, 1902 |title=Humes Is Elected |page=1 |work=The Oregonian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian/168515738/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Election|1902}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=October 14, 1900 |title=Humes Is Stirred Up |page=9 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168513503/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Fail|1900}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=February 22, 1902 |title=Humes Men Had Ticket Made Up |page=1 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168514810/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Piper|1902}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=July 17, 1898 |title=Humes Shies His Castor |page=1 |work=Tacoma Daily Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/168478642/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Announce|1898}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 3, 1903 |title=Humes To Quit |page=4 |work=The Oregonian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oregonian/168517639/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|No Reelection|1903}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=April 13, 1903 |title=Indictment Dismissed |page=1 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle/168517037/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Dismiss|1903}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=February 2, 1899 |title=It Is Senator Foster |page=1 |work=Tacoma Daily Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/168478830/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Election|1899}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 11, 1903 |title=Jury Votes To Indict |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168516956/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Indict|1903}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 17, 1898 |title=King County Endorses Humes |page=8 |work=Tacoma Daily Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/168478668/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Endorse|1898}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=December 17, 1887 |title=Legislative Proceedings |page=5 |work=Columbia Twice-A-Week Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-twice-a-week-chronicle/168476864/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Committee|1887}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 21, 1901 |title=Mark Twain's Double |page=4 |work=The Wichita Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/168514392/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Twain|1901}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 9, 1898 |title=Mayor-Elect Humes |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168478395/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Mayor Elect|1898}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=December 25, 1904 |title=Mayor Humes' Body At Copper Center |page=3 |work=Tacoma Daily Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tacoma-daily-ledger/168518669/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Copper|1904}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 27, 1902 |title=Mayor Humes Lost In Woods |page=1 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168516207/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Missing|1902}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=July 14, 1888 |title=Personal |page=3 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168477362/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Partner|1888}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=March 5, 1902 |title=Republicans Elect With One Exception All Their Candidates |page=1 |work=The Seattle Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star/168572686/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Result|1902}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=February 25, 1898 |title=Republicans of Seattle |page=1 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168478280/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Nomination|1898}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=August 27, 1880 |title=Republican State Convention |page=12 |work=Topeka Weekly Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-topeka-weekly-times/168533269/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|AG|1880}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 27, 1887 |title=Seattle Election |page=1 |work=Spokane Falls Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-falls-review/168476712/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Election|1887}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=May 19, 1900 |title=The Mayor For Governor |page=5 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168513321/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Gubernatorial|1900}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=September 20, 1894 |title=The Republican Ticket |page=4 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168477832/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Fail|1894}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=November 20, 1904 |title=Thomas J. Humes Mayor of Seattle |page=1 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-intelligencer/168475223/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Mayor|1897}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=October 5, 1876 |title=Washington County Republicans Nominations |page=2 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lawrence-daily-journal/168450689/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Nominee|1876}}}}
  • {{Cite news |date=February 18, 1900 |title=Wilson Forces Defeated |page=1 |work=The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-spokesman-review/168512029/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Piper|1900}}}}

=News=

  • {{Cite news |last=Farr |first=Sheila |date=June 17, 2022 |title=After 100 years at the King County Courthouse, Ella Shepard Bush's portraits of judges are now lost and/or damaged |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/after-100-years-at-the-king-county-courthouse-ella-shepard-bushs-portraits-of-justices-are-now-lost-and-or-damaged/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322002736/https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/after-100-years-at-the-king-county-courthouse-ella-shepard-bushs-portraits-of-justices-are-now-lost-and-or-damaged/ |archive-date=March 22, 2025}}
  • {{Cite news |last=Banel |first=Feliks |date=March 10, 2021 |title=Art Langlie weighs grandfather's legacy and a run for Seattle mayor |work=KIRO-FM |url=https://mynorthwest.com/history/art-langlie-grandfather-legacy-potential-run-seattle-mayor/2672765 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322002221/https://mynorthwest.com/history/art-langlie-grandfather-legacy-potential-run-seattle-mayor/2672765 |archive-date=March 22, 2025}}

=Web=

  • {{Cite web |title=2011 Find of the Month Archive |publisher=Seattle |url=https://seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/find-of-the-month/2011-2015-finds-of-the-month/2011-find-of-the-month-archive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322002915/https://seattle.gov/cityarchives/exhibits-and-education/find-of-the-month/2011-2015-finds-of-the-month/2011-find-of-the-month-archive |archive-date=March 22, 2025 |ref={{harvid|Exclusion}}}}
  • {{Cite web |title=Mayors, 1890-1948 |publisher=Seattle |url=https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/seattle-facts/city-officials/mayors/mayors-1890-1948 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321194625/https://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/seattle-facts/city-officials/mayors/mayors-1890-1948 |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |ref={{harvid|Mayors}}}}
  • {{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=March 19, 2014 |title=Seattle's newly resigned police chief William Meredith is killed in a sensational shootout in Seattle on June 25, 1901. |publisher=HistoryLink |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/161 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250322002159/https://www.historylink.org/file/161 |archive-date=March 22, 2025}}
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  • {{Cite web |last=McClary |first=Daryl |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Fire at the West Street Hotel in Seattle kills 16 lodgers on October 27, 1894. |publisher=HistoryLink |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/21104 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321041734/https://www.historylink.org/File/21104 |archive-date=March 21, 2025}}
  • {{Cite web |last=McClary |first=Daryl |date=March 23, 2010 |title=Outlaw Thomas Blanck shoots and kills Charles H. Bridwell during a robbery in Seattle on October 3, 1894. |publisher=HistoryLink |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9358 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321042641/https://www.historylink.org/File/9358 |archive-date=March 21, 2025}}
  • {{Cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=November 16, 2000 |title=City Council appoints Thomas J. Humes as Mayor of Seattle on November 19, 1897. |publisher=HistoryLink |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2797 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321041532/https://www.historylink.org/File/2797 |archive-date=March 21, 2025}}

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