On July 10, 1882, voters elected Judge Henry G. Struve (1836-1905) as mayor of the City of Seattle. Struve, a German immigrant, was a lawyer, journalist, and businessman who played a key role in Seattle’s political, social, and economic life in the 1880s and 1890s. He served two terms as mayor, overseeing more than $500,000 in public improvements, including the grading of the streets. He was a regent of the Washington University (predecessor of the University of Washington), a charter member of the Rainier Club, and an organizer of the city’s cable car system. He helped write a new city charter for Seattle in 1890. He also served as judge advocate general of Washington Territory. The artist, Albert Jenks (1830-1887), was a portrait and still-life painter who lived and worked in California.