The city of Seattle was one of a few settlements in the mid to late nineteenth century competing for supremacy in the recently framed Washington Territory. In 1854, regional representative Isaac Stevens suggested the foundation of a college in Washington. A few unmistakable Seattle-range inhabitants, boss among them Methodist minister Daniel Bagley, saw the siting of this University as an opportunity to add to the city's renown. They could persuade early organizer of Seattle and individual from the regional lawmaking body Arthur A. Denny of the significance of Seattle winning the school. The governing body at first sanctioned two colleges, one in Seattle and one in Lewis County, however later revoked its ruling for a solitary college in Lewis County, gave privately gave area could be found. At the point when no site developed, the lawmaking body, empowered by Denny, migrated the college to Seattle in 1858