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This episode is a continuation of the monthly series, Governor's of the Evergreen State

The seventh Lieutenant Governor and ninth Governor of the Evergreen State, Louis F. Hart was born in High Point, Missouri in 1862. He would relocate to Washington after completing his legal studies in Missouri as a young man. He later went on to chair the Selective Service Appeals Board for Southwest Washington and presided over the State Senate during the first World War. 

In 1912, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, and in 1916, he would be re-elected . He was sworn in as governor in 1919 following Earnest Lister's death, and would be elected in his own right in 1920. In addition to supporting better roadway systems and a state highway patrol, Hart oversaw the construction of the new Capitol complex while serving as governor. In addition, he was in charge of restructuring the state's administrative system, cutting the number of agencies from 75 to 10. 

Listen now to learn more about this mostly forgotten figure in the political history of the Evergreen State