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. 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."

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.