Daniel J. Evans, 98, Washington State Governor Who Went to Senate, Dies
Daniel J. Evans, a moderate Republican who dominated Washington State politics as a three-term governor and a United States senator and who was repeatedly considered for the vice presidency, died on Friday night at his home in Seattle, about five blocks from where he grew up. He was 98.
His son Dan Evans Jr. confirmed the death.
Descended from seafarers who founded a Puget Sound shipping business in the 19th century, Mr. Evans championed education, civil rights and environmental causes as Washington’s 16th governor from 1965 to 1977. He served in the Senate, with some frustration, from 1983 to 1989.
He was a mountain climber and skier, a master yachtsman, an eloquent speaker and, in his first term as governor, a fresh new face in national politics at a time when Republicans were reeling from Senator Barry M. Goldwater’s crushing defeat in the 1964 presidential election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/obituaries/daniel-j-evans-dead.html
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