Joseph G. Megler
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J.G. Megler pictured in 1895
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| Speaker of the House of Washington House of Representatives | |
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In office 1905 |
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| Member of Washington House of Representatives | |
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In office 1903-1912 |
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| President Pro-Tem. of the Washington State Senate | |
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In office 1901 |
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| Senator of the Washington State Senate, 14th district (Cowlitz, Pacific and Wahkiakum) | |
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In office 1895-1902 |
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| Member of 2nd legislature of the Washington House of Representatives for Wahkiakum County | |
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In office 1891-1892 |
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| Member of 1st legislature of the Washington House of Representatives for Wahkiakum County | |
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In office 1889-1890 |
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| Personal details | |
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March 10, 1838 Berkach, Thuringen, Germany |
| Died | September 10, 1915 (aged 77) Brookfield, Washington, U.S.A. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nellie E. Smith |
Joseph George Megler (March 10, 1838 – September 10, 1915), generally known as J.G. Megler, was a German-American salmon cannery owner and politician in Washington. He was a member of the Washington House of Representatives for the first legislature in 1889 and two terms thereafter. He was also a member of the Washington State Senate for five terms.
During his political career he held the positions of Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate. He has been described as the father of the salmon hatcheries in Washington.
J.G. Megler was born in Berkach, Thuringen, Germany, in 1838, the first child of a schoolteacher. Left an orphan by the age of 9, he emigrated to the U.S. along with his younger brother and two sisters to join an uncle in New York. Some years later they relocated to Syracuse, where he studied the trade of tinsmithing.
Megler entered military service for the Civil War at Cairo, Illinois, on December 19, 1861 for the Union. He began as a paymasters clerk on the gunboat Lexington, and was soon promoted to Master's Mate and then Ensign. During the war he saw action in the battles of Fort Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg and Red River. He was honorably discharged at New York in October 1865 and joined his brother, Alexander Megler, in Astoria, Oregon late that year. There he briefly joined his brother in running the Astoria Hotel; however within two years he sold his share in the business to Alexander Megler and returned to the business of tinsmithing.
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