James B. Metcalf

James Bard Metcalfe was a lawyer and political figure in Seattle, Washington who served as the first Attorney General of Washington.

Metcalfe was born in Adams County, Mississippi to parents who were descendants of English and Irish immigrants. As a child he received private tutoring before entering public school. At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Metcalfe joined the 10th Mississippi Cavalry and served for the Confederate States Army throughout the entire war . After being paroled in 1865 he worked in Natchez, Mississippi for eight years with a mercantile business and in the banking industry. While working he had been reading law but found few opportunities to work as a lawyer in the area. In 1873 he moved west to San Francisco, California to pursue a legal career in a more promising location.

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