John Arthur Gellatly (July 6, 1869 – July 6, 1963) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. state of

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. He served as the tenth

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and four-term mayor of

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, Washington. Gellatly and his family arrived in Wenatchee on October 1, 1900, to start over from a bankruptcy in

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. Gellatly, who served two terms (four years) as Benton County

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(Auditor), was offered the job of Deputy Auditor of

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. Among the public offices he held in Wenatchee were County Auditor, City Councilman, president of the Chamber of Commerce, manager of the Wenatchee Reclamation District, and four terms as mayor. In 1918, Gellatly was elected to the

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where he served a single term. He ran for

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in 1920 and placed fifth in the race. In 1928, he ran for and won the office of Lieutenant Governor of Washington. In 1932, he ran for governor and lost to

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. In 1958, he published a book entitled ''A History of Wenatchee: The Apple Capital of the World''.

References

* * * Marshall, Maureen E. ''Wenatchee's Dark Past''. Wenatchee, Wash: The Wenatchee World, 2008.

External links

John Arthur Gellatly gubernatorial campaign papers, 1932
at the University of Oregon {{DEFAULTSORT:Gellatly, John Arthur 1869 births 1963 deaths Lieutenant governors of Washington (state) Members of the Washington House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Washington State Legislature