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Who thought it was a good idea to name a new state, on the Columbia River, Washington. When Washington the district of columbia existed.

by Primarch459

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Maybe check this out. u/cairnes elaborates on how the name came to be

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6y380v/was_there_any_debate_when_washington_state_was/

Also u/peafly wrote something on the editing of the bill here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/27is85/why_did_a_state_on_the_west_coast_get_named_after/