Patrick Henry Winston Jr.

Patrick Henry Winston Jr. (August 22, 1847 – April 3, 1904) was a lawyer and newspaper editor who served as United States Attorney for the District of Washington in 1890.^[1]^[2] According to one biography, "It is difificult to describe such a man or to give a satisfactory account of his career. His personality always outshone and dazzled his achievement."^[2]

Nonetheless, some of his achievements:

Trustee of the University of North Carolina
Director of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
Delegate to two National Democratic and two National Republican conventions
Presidential elector
Registrar of the United States General Land Office in Lewiston, Idaho
District attorney of the Territory of Washington
First attorney general of the State of Washington by popular election.
Owner and editor of three newspapers
- Albemarle Times, Windsor, North Carolina
- Spokane Review, Spokane, Washington
- Winston's Weekly, Spokane, Washington

He came from a prominent North Carolina family; one of his brothers, Francis D. Winston, was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Bicentennial Celebration of United States Attorneys" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Ashe, Samuel A. (1905–1917). Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present. Greensboro, N.C.: C. L. Van Noppen.

[:1-1] "Bicentennial Celebration of United States Attorneys" (PDF).

[:0-2] Ashe, Samuel A. (1905–1917). Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present. Greensboro, N.C.: C. L. Van Noppen.

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