Patrick Henry Winston Jr. (August 22, 1847 – April 3, 1904) was a lawyer and newspaper editor who served as United States Attorney for the District of Washington in 1890.^[1][2] According to one biography, "It is difificult to describe such a man or to give a satisfactory account of his career. His personality always outshone and dazzled his achievement."^[2]

Nonetheless, some of his achievements:

• Trustee of the University of North Carolina
• Director of the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
• Delegate to two National Democratic and two National Republican conventions
• Presidential elector
• Registrar of the United States General Land Office in Lewiston, Idaho
• District attorney of the Territory of Washington
• First attorney general of the State of Washington by popular election.
• Owner and editor of three newspapers
  • Albemarle Times, Windsor, North Carolina
  • Spokane Review, Spokane, Washington
  • Winston's Weekly, Spokane, Washington

He came from a prominent North Carolina family; one of his brothers, Francis D. Winston, was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina.^[1]