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Arthur B. Langlie, �25, practiced law in
Seattle for ten years before becoming active in politics. He was a member of
the Seattle City Council (1935-36), then mayor of Seattle (1938-41). He
served three terms as governor of the State of Washington (1941-45,
1949-57). He was the only Seattle mayor to become governor and the first
governor to serve three terms.
A Republican, he was active in Dwight Eisenhower�s successful campaign
for President in 1952.
In 1956, Governor Langlie unsuccessfully ran for the Senate against
incumbent Senator Warren Magnuson (UW Law �29). (Ironically, Langlie had
appointed Magnuson to a vacant seat twelve years earlier.)
After politics, Langlie had a career as a publisher in New York. He was
president of the company that published McCall�s, Redbook, and Saturday
Review until 1962, when he stepped down and became Chairman of the Board
(1962-64). He returned to Seattle, where he died in 1966.
For more information, see the biography on
Historylink.
His family (including his son, Arthur S. Langlie, �58) established a book
fund for the Library in his memory.
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