1928 United States presidential election in Washington (state) county in Washington – and indeed along with five counties in California the first Democratic wins since that election in any county within the three Pacific States of Washington, Oregon and California. The extent of anti-Catholic sentiment in the progressive Pacific Northwest can be seen in that Washington State was the fourth most Republican in the nation during this election, voting 18.33 percentage points more Republican than the nation at-large and less Republican than only Maine, Michigan and Kansas. Only in 1904 has Washington State been so Republican relative to the nation as a whole, and then there was a
California Pacific Railroad the route of the California Northern Railroad between Vallejo and Suisun and can be seen along portions of State Route 12. The original Cal-P line ran to Vallejo, not along the present main line route through the Suisun Marsh between Suisun – Benicia – Martinez. The Southern Pacific line between Martinez and Sacramento (or perhaps Oakland and Sacramento) was informally known as the "Cal-P" after the original builder of the line, the California Pacific Railroad. California Pacific purchased the Napa Valley Rail Road at foreclosure on June 9, 1869. The Napa Valley Rail Road was built from the head of