Daniel J. Evans

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Daniel Jackson Evans (October 16, 1925 – September 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives representing Washington's 43rd legislative district from 1957 to 1965, the 16th governor of Washington from 1965 to 1977, the second president of Evergreen State College in Olympia from 1977 to 1983, and as a member of the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989. After his service in the United States Navy, Evans was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1956. He then served as Republican leader of the House before being elected governor in 1964. He was re-elected two times more in 1968 and in 1972. Considered to be a moderate Republican, particularly on social and environmental issues, Evans supported Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination for president in 1968 and refused to endorse Richard Nixon, despite giving the keynote address at that year's Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Evans was...

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