
John McGraw (4 October 1850-23 June 1910) was the Republican Governor of Washington from 11 January 1893 to 13 January 1897, succeeding Elisha P. Ferry and preceding John Rankin Rogers.
Biography[]
John McGraw was born in Bangor, Maine in 1850, and he moved west to serve as president of the Seattle First Bank and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, as well as chief of the Seattle Police Department and sheriff of King County at the time of the Seattle riot of 1886. McGraw served as Governor from 1893 to 1897, and his embezzlement of $10,000 forced him to travel north to make money in the Klondike Gold Rush to repay what was due to the state. He died in Seattle in 1910.