Hugh Mitchell (politician)

Hugh Mitchell (ca.1945)

Hugh Burnton Mitchell (born March 22, 1907 in Great Falls , Montana , †  June 10, 1996 in Seattle ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . He represented Washington State in both houses of the US Congress .

After attending school in his home town of Montana, Hugh Mitchell graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover in 1930 . As a result, he initially worked as a newspaper editor in Everett, Washington State. There he also belonged to the district executive committee of the Democratic Party. From 1933 Mitchell worked as an assistant to Congressman Monrad Charles Wallgren , who then moved to the Senate in 1940 . When Wallgren resigned on January 10, 1945 to become governor of Washington, Mitchell was appointed as his successor. However, he lost the by-election for this Senate seat to Republican Harry Pulliam Cain , whereupon he resigned his seat on December 25, 1946.

Two years later, Hugh Mitchell applied for a seat in the US House of Representatives and was successful. He was a member of the chamber after re-election from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1953. A third time he did not run; instead he ran for the office of governor of Washington, but was subject to the incumbent Arthur B. Langlie . As a result, two attempts to return to the House of Representatives in 1954 and 1958 failed. This ended Mitchell's political career.

Web links

• Hugh Mitchell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hugh Mitchell in the database of Find a Grave (English)