Editing Washington County, New York (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Frank Buckley Walker]], a talent agent who discovered the likes of [[Bessie Smith]] and [[Hank Williams]].
* [[Townsend Harris]], the first United States Consul-General to Japan.
* [[Chester A. Arthur]] – Lived in Greenwich/Union Village for five years in his youth before becoming 21st President of the United States in 1881.
* [[Grandma Moses]], American painter
* [[Phantogram (band)|Josh Carter]], musician in American music duo Phantogram
* [[Susan B. Anthony]] (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American [[civil rights]] leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th-century [[women's rights]] movement to gain [[History of women's suffrage in the United States|women's suffrage in the United States]]. She moved with her family to [[Battenville, New York]] when she was six.
* [[Solomon Northup]] was a free-born [[African American]] fiddler who had a farm in Hebron before moving to [[Saratoga Springs, New York|Saratoga Springs]]. Kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery in [[Louisiana]], he was freed in 1853, and that year published his memoir ''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]'' (1853).<ref>''[[Twelve Years a Slave]]''</ref> In 1984, the memoir was adapted as a PBS television movie entitled ''Solomon Northup's Odyssey'', directed by [[Gordon Parks]]; in 2013 it was adapted as a feature movie ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)]].''
* [[Sigurd Raschèr]] (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (May 15, 1907, in [[Elberfeld]], Germany – February 25, 2001, in [[Shushan, New York]]) was an American [[saxophonist]] of German birth. He became one of the most important figures in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the concert saxophone.
* [[James Howard Kunstler]] (b. October 19, 1948). Author of ''[[The Geography of Nowhere]],'' ''[[The Long Emergency]],'' and the ''[[World Made By Hand]]'' novel series.
* [[Frank J. Kimball]], Wisconsin State Assemblyman, was born in Washington County.<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1909,' Biographical Sketch of Frank J. Kimball, pg. 1107</ref>
* [[Curtis Mann]], Wisconsin State Senator, was born in Washington County.<ref>'Curtis Mann Dies at Summit,; '''Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin,''' March 3, 1894, pg1</ref>
* [[E. D. Rogers]], Wisconsin State Assembly, was born in Washington County.<ref>"legislative Manual of Wisconsin 1875,' Biographical Sketch of E. D. Rogers, pg. 473</ref>
* [[John Lourie Beveridge|John L. Beveridge]], [[List of Governors of Illinois|16th Governor of Illinois]] (January 23, 1873 – January 8, 1877), [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Illinois|18th Lt. Governor of Illinois]] (January 13, 1873 – January 23, 1873), Member from Illinois of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], [[42nd United States Congress|(42nd Congress]]), [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], born in town of [[Greenwich (town), New York|Greenwich]] in Washington County on July 6, 1824
*[[James M. Hinds]] (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) was born and raised in the town of [[Hebron, New York|Hebron]] in Washington County. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from July to October 1868 representing the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas as a Republican. He became the first congressional representative to be assassinated while in office after being targeted by the Ku Klux Klan for advocating for civil rights for former slaves. He is buried in [[Salem, New York|Salem's]] Evergreen Cemetery.