John Dennis Spellman (December 29, 1926 – January 16, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Washington U.S. state from 1981...

American professional football player John Spellman (wrestler) (1899–1966), American Olympic wrestler John Spellman (1926–2018), American politician from...

Leighlinbridge, Ireland. Spellman had two younger brothers, Martin and John, and two younger sisters, Marian and Helene. Spellman attended Whitman High School...

in 2016 and 2020. Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of...

McDermott was defeated in the general election by Republican candidate John Spellman, the King County Executive. As of 2024[update], this is the last time...

gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican John Spellman ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Booth...

John Franklin Spellman (June 14, 1899 – August 1, 1966) was an American wrestler and football player. He competed at the 1924 Olympic Games in freestyle...

governors in the nation, with the last Republican to hold the office being John Spellman in 1985. With the re-election of Inslee in 2020, Langlie, Daniel J....

eulogized by her successor as governor, John Spellman, as "one of a kind." "She had a brilliant mind," Spellman said. "Her strength was as a teacher and...

controlled the governorship for 39 years; the last Republican governor was John Spellman, who left office in 1985. Washington has not voted for a Republican...

September 1. Three-term former Governor Dan Evans was appointed by Governor John Spellman on September 8, and he won the special election over congressman Mike...

In the general election, he unseated one-term Republican incumbent John Spellman. Gardner was easily elected to a second term in 1988 over state representative...

as a possible running mate for the 1976 election. In 1983, Governor John Spellman appointed Evans to the United States Senate, to fill a seat left vacant...

brothers Bill, Harry, and John Spellman purchased it in 1915 and moved it to its current location two years later. The Spellman brothers produced granite...

over 2,000 attended. Five years later, on August 21, 1983, Governor John Spellman and Washington state representatives dedicated a sculpture by George...

population center) into two districts, but this was vetoed by Governor John Spellman. After they redrew districts in 1982, a federal court threw out the...

ISBN 9780143066446; see pages 48-51 (Review and Introduction by John Spellman, 1962) John Dawson Mayne (1878), A treatise on Hindu law and usage, Higginbotham...

years and the office is nonpartisan. The first county executive was John Spellman, from 1969 to 1981. The current executive is Dow Constantine, elected...

Malcolm Spellman is an American screenwriter and producer best known for his work on Empire (2015) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021). In March...

second King County Executive, succeeding John Spellman, for eleven months starting in January 1981. Spellman had resigned as Executive following his election...

Washington Governor's Mansion for 39 years; the last Republican governor was John Spellman, who left office in 1985. Washington has not voted for a Republican...

governor of Washington. Washington had not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of...

(House on June 30, 1982; Senate on July 1, 1982) and signed by governor John Spellman on July 16. Washington became the sixteenth state with a lottery and...

senator Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, noting that former Republican governor John Spellman appointed Republican Dan Evans to fill the vacancy created by the death...

for more money and were introduced to wealthy Northern Baptist businessman John D. Rockefeller at a church conference in Ohio. Rockefeller was impressed...

Gladys Noon Spellman (born Gladys Blossom Noon; March 2, 1918 – June 19, 1988) was an American educator who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's...

(judge) (died 1546), English judge John Spelman (MP for Castle Rising) (1606–1663), English politician John Spellman (1926–2018), American politician This...

Alfred Bennett Spellman (born August 1935) is a poet, music critic, and arts administrator. Considered a part of the Black Arts Movement, he first received...

when she was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Governor John Spellman. Ireland won the subsequent election for a full term on the court, and...

of Washington In office January 1, 1981 – January 13, 1993 Governor John Spellman Booth Gardner Preceded by Slade Gorton Succeeded by Christine Gregoire...