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Asa Mercer
1st President of the Territorial University of Washington
In office
1861–1863
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWilliam Edward Barnard
Personal details
Born
Asa Shinn Mercer

(1839-06-06)June 6, 1839
Princeton, Illinois
DiedAugust 10, 1917(1917-08-10) (aged 78)
Buffalo, Wyoming
Alma materFranklin College

Asa Shinn Mercer (June 6, 1839 – August 10, 1917) was the first president of the Territorial University of Washington and a member of the Washington State Senate.

He is remembered primarily for his role in three milestones of the old American West: the founding of the University of Washington, the Mercer Girls, and the Johnson County War. Mercer Island in Lake Washington and Mercer Street in Seattle are named not for Asa, but rather his brother Thomas.[1]

Seattle Public Schools operates Asa Mercer International Middle School in Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.

  1. ^ Warren, James (October 9, 2001). "Seattle at 150: Mercer brothers imprinted family name on the city". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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