An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 464-465

	HENRY S. BLANDFORD was born in Prince George county, Maryland, May 1, 1862.
He came to the Territory of Washington in 1881, as a member of the United States
Signal Corps, and from that date until 1885 was assigned to duty on the military
telegraph lines. He came to Walla Walla in 1885, and established the United
States Signal office there. He was admitted to the bar in 1890, and was elected
Prosecuting Attorney for Walla Walla county by the Democrats the same year; was
elected a delegate for the State of Washington to the National Democratic
Convention at Chicago in 1892, and was nominated by the Democrats for State
Senator for the joint senatorial district of Adams, Franklin and part of Walla
Walla counties in 1892, but was defeated. He is at present a Regent of the State
Agricultural College and School of Science of Washington. Mr. Blandford is an
able lawyer, an eloquent public speaker, an aggressive political leader and is
enthusiastically devoted to the advancement of the public interests of Walla
Walla county.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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