[Clemenza]

Kinda odd because New England (especially Providence, Worcester, and Boston) is home to some of the most racist white folk I've ever met.

[Publius]

The creation of the Washington Territory was spearheaded by Jefferson Davis when he was Secretary of War in the Pierce Administration.

Pierce County was named after Franklin Pierce, and King County after William Rufus DeVane King, who was a senator from Alabama and ended up as Buchanan's VP. (King was also as openly gay as one could be in that time.)

This state owes a lot to southern gentlemen.