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Corliss P. Stone
3rd Mayor of Seattle
In office July 29, 1872 – February 23, 1873
Preceded by	John T. Jordan
Succeeded by	John T. Jordan
Personal details
Born	1838
Died	1906 (aged 67–68)
Nationality	American

Corliss P. Stone (1838–1906) was elected mayor of Seattle in 1872. Prior to election as mayor, Stone had served three terms as a city council member. Stone Way North, Stone Avenue North, and Corliss Avenue North, streets in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood, are named after him.

Stone was notorious for having allegedly embezzled money from his business partner Charles Hiram Burnett Sr. of Seattle. Stone in fact removed the cash from their safe and money from the bank leaving Burnett with the duty of settling the firm's accounts payable. The title to property owned by the firm, however, was turned over to Burnett. Burnett and Stone later negotiated a settlement which allowed Stone to return to Seattle for the purpose of engaging in business independently again.

Stone continued to be active in business and real estate before his death in 1906.

References

• "A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of the City of Seattle and County of King, Washington." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1903. p. 167.
• HistoryLink Essay: Voters elect Corliss P. Stone as mayor of the City of Seattle on July 8, 1872
• HistoryLink Essay: Seattle Mayor Corliss P. Stone embezzles $15,000 and runs on February 23, 1873

• 1838 births
• 1906 deaths
• American businesspeople in real estate
• Mayors of Seattle
• 19th-century American businesspeople