Roland Hill Hartley served two terms as the tenth Governor of the state of Washington from 1925 to 1933 as a Republican.

Early life

Born in Shogomoc, York County

York County, New Brunswick

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, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, June 26, 1864. Son of Rev. Edward Hartley and Rebecca Barker (Whitehead) Hartley; eighth of twelve children. Married 1888 to Nina M. Clough.

Politics

Mayor of Everett, Washington

Everett, Washington

Everett is the county seat of and the largest city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. Named for Everett Colby, son of founder Charles L. Colby, it lies north of Seattle. The city had a total population of 103,019 at the 2010 census, making it the 6th largest in the state and...

, 1910-12 for one term. Member of Washington state house of representatives, 1915-16;

The gavel used for Hartley's swearing in ceremony was the same gavel used by his father-in-law Governor David Clough

David Marston Clough

David Marston Clough was an American politician. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from January 1887 to January 1893. He served as the state's Lt. Governor January 4, 1893 to January 31, 1895. He was the 13th Governor of Minnesota from January 31, 1895 to January 2, 1899...

 of Minnesota for his swearing in.
10th Governor of Washington, 1925-33. Hartley’s major accomplishments during his governorship were the creation of a centralized state highway department and new state timber laws.

Hartley died in Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, September 21, 1952 and is interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, Wash.

External links

• Political Graveyard
• http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=8008