Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay.

2010

Hastings was challenged by Democrat Jay Clough (campaign site PVS) a nuclear waste cleanup contractor and USMC veteran. Hastings ran but lost in the general election to Democratic State Representative Jay Inslee 51%-49%. In 2008 Hastings by now the ranking member of the Ethics Committee puDoc Hastingsd the investigation of Charlie Rangel.

Representative for Washington's 4th congressional district serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7 1941) is the U.