Arthur Bernard Langlie (25 July 1900-24 July 1966) was the Republican Mayor of Seattle from 27 April 1938 to 11 January 1941 (succeeding James Scavotto and preceding John E. Carroll) and Governor of Washington from 15 January 1941 to 10 January 1945 (succeeding Clarence D. Martin and preceding Monrad Wallgren) and from 12 January 1949 to 16 January 1957 (succeeding Wallgren and preceding Albert Rosellini).
Biography[]
Arthur Bernard Langlie was born in Lanesboro, Minnesota in 1900, the son of a Norwegian immigrant father and a mother of Norwegian and Dutch ancestry. He was raised in Bremerton, Washington and became a lawyer in Seattle, practicing law for ten years before serving on the city council, as Mayor from 1938 to 1941, and as Governor from 1941 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1957. In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower considered Langlie as a potential vice-presidential running mate, as he had overseen the establishment of his state's ferry system, the completion of road and bridge projects, and the adoption of some of the state's first environmental measures. He died in Seattle in 1966.