Arthur A. Denny

Arthur A. Denny
Arthur Denny circa 1890
King County Commissioner
In office
January 1, 1853 – January 1, 1854
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byThomas Mercer
Personal details
Born
Arthur Armstrong Denny

(1822-06-20)June 20, 1822
near Salem, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 1899(1899-01-09) (aged 76)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Resting placeDenny Family plot, Lake View Memorial Park, Seattle.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPioneer, store owner, politician, author
Signature
Writing career
Notable worksPioneer Days on Puget Sound

Arthur Armstrong Denny (June 20, 1822 – January 9, 1899) was an American politician and businessman who is regarded as one of the founders of Seattle, Washington.[1] He founded the Denny Party,[1][2] and was later the city's wealthiest citizen. He was a 9-term member of the territorial legislature.[1] Seattle's former Denny Hill was named after him; it was flattened in a series of regrading projects and its former site is now known as the Denny Regrade.[3] The city's Denny Way, however, is named not after Arthur Denny, but after his younger brother David Denny.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Research Center Finding Aids". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2012-02-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society (WSHS). Accessed online 8 March 2008.
  2. ^ Junius Rochester, Denny, Arthur Armstrong (1822–1899), HistoryLink, October 28, 1998. Accessed online 8 March 2008.
  3. ^ Russ Heinl, Seattle from the Air (2002), Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co., ISBN 1-55868-688-6, p. 23.
  4. ^ Junius Rochester, Boren, Carson Dobbins (1824–1912), HistoryLink, October 31, 1998. Accessed online 8 March 2008.

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