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August P. Mardesich: An Oral History is the story of an Everett fisherman and lawyer
who was thrust by tragedy into the political arena and emerged as one of the most
respected and influential state lawmakers during his twenty-eight year tenure in
the state Legislature. Senator Mardesich was appointed to the state House of Representatives
in 1950, after tragic fishing accident took the life of his brother Tony, a freshman
House member elected in 1949. After serving the remainder of his brother’s term,
he decided to remain in politics and went on to be elected to serve six terms in
the House and four terms in the Senate, serving as majority leader in both houses.
NOTE: This oral history is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view
and print PDF files, you must have VERSION 3.0 OR NEWER of Adobe's Acrobat Reader
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Version without photographs (smaller file size) - 614kb
Version with photographs (larger file size) - 1.7M
Photographs
Click on the links below to see photographs from August P. Mardesich: An Oral History.
- Portrait of Mardesich while serving as a member of the
House of Representatives
- Mardesich in uniform during WWII
- Mardesich with U.S. Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson
- Campaign photo from Mardesich's unsuccessful bid for Mayor
of Everett
- Ralph Nader and Senator Frank Atwood with Mardesich
- Mardesich on the floor of the Washington State Senate
- Mardesich relaxes with fellow senators. Left to right,
Senators Bill Gissberg, Martin Durkan, Mardesich, and Hubert Donohue
- Mardesich with daughters Monica (left) and Megan
- Mardesich family: In front: John (left) and Merin; in
the middle (left to right): Megan, Monica, Rosemary holding Catherine, and Tony.
In the back, August Mardesich
- Another Mardesich family gathering. Catherine hands her
father a piece of birthday cake. Tony, Rosemary, John, Merin, and Megan look on
- The North Star, a 225-foot vessel, from one of Admiral
Byrd's ships, was acquired by Mardesich and a group of partners and equipped it
for fishing in Alaskan Waters
- Mardesich on the deck of a fishing boat
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