| Josiah Collins | |
| Birth Date: | 17 June 1864 |
| Birth Place: | Hillsborough, North Carolina |
| Death Place: | Seattle, Washington |
| Resting Place: | Lake View Cemetery |
| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, civil servant, politician |
| Party: | Republican |
| Signature: | Signature of Josiah Collins (1864–1949).png |
| Office: | Member of the Washington State Senate |
| Term Start: | 1911 |
| Term End: | 1915 |
Josiah Collins V (1864-1949) was an American attorney, civil servant and politician who was Seattle Fire Commissioner and a State Senator. He was Seattle's Fire Chief at the time of the Great Seattle Fire on June 6, 1889. On that date, he was in San Francisco, attending a regional conference of Fire Chiefs.
Josiah Collins was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina on June 17, 1864. He moved to Washington in 1883, where he became a lawyer.[1]
He was chief of the volunteer fire department at the time of the Great Seattle Fire in 1889.[2]
He was one of the cofounders of the first golf clubs in Seattle at Laurelhurst in 1895.[3]
Initially a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party in 1896.[1] He served as a member of the Washington State Senate from 1911 to 1915.[2]
He married Caroline Wetherill in June 1907, and they had two sons.[1] [2]
He died in Seattle on July 1, 1949.[2]