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Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1941. Governor Arthur B. Langlie waves at the end of a speech. Born in Lanesboro, Minnesota, Mr. Langlie was Mayor of Seattle when he resigned on January 11, 1941, to become Governor of Washington. A Republican, he succeeded Democrat Clarence D. Martin. Mr. Langlie was a three-term governor from 1941-45 and 1949-57. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Washington in 1944 and 1948 and delivered the keynote address during the 1956 Convention in San Francisco. Governor Langlie passed away in 1966 and is interred at Acacia Memorial Park, Seattle. Sepia photograph taken about 1941. ALBUM 10.
Governors; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966;