Augustus Raymond Hatton Explained

Augustus Raymond Hatton (September 27, 1873 - November 12, 1946) was an American politician in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a Cleveland City Council member and professor of Political science at Western Reserve University.[1] Hatton was campaign manager for the city manager plan which took effect in 1924.[2]

Early life and education

Hatton was born near Vevay, Indiana[3] to Augustus and Mary Lavinia (Howard) Hatton.[4] Augustus graduated from Franklin College (Indiana) with a Bachelor of Philosophy then taught history and political science there. He got a Ph.D from the University of Chicago.[5] Then he was associate professor of political science at Western Reserve University.[6] From 1927 to 1940, Hatton taught at Northwestern University.[7] Hatton was a visiting professor at the University of Texas in Austin 1942-43.

Cleveland politics

He and Newton D. Baker helped draft Ohio's home rule amendment.[8] Then he served on Cleveland's Charter Commission[9] and drafted the proportional representation section of Cleveland's city manager plan adopted in 1921. Hatton was elected to Cleveland City Council.[10]

Personal life

Hatton married Nancy Mathews on November 11, 1903[11] and they had a daughter Martha. After Nancy's death in 1931, he married Esther Rutan on November 25, 1936.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The University of Chicago Magazine . 1918 . University of Chicago, Alumni Association . en.
  2. Book: Hatton, Augustus Raymond . "Is City Manager Government Applicable to Our Largest Cities"?: Debate Given Before Joint Session of the City Managers' Association and the National Municipal League at Their Conventions in the Chicago City Club: Affirmative, Dr. A. R. Hatton, Negative Bradley Hull . Hull . Bradley . 1922 . City managers association . 5 . en.
  3. Book: Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... . 1915 . American Publishers' Association . en.
  4. Book: Leonard, John William . Who's who in America . Marquis . Albert Nelson . 1924 . A.N. Marquis . en.
  5. Book: University, Western Reserve . Catalogue . 1910 . en.
  6. Book: League, National Municipal . Proceedings of the ... Conference for Good City Government and of the ... Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League Held ... . 1908 . National Municipal League . en.
  7. Book: Hadden, Briton . Time . Luce . Henry Robinson . 1927 . Time Incorporated . en.
  8. Book: Grant, Arthur Hastings . The American City . Buttenheim . Harold Sinley . 1919 . Buttenheim Publishing Corporation . en.
  9. Book: Commerce . 1916 . Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. . en.
  10. Book: Nicholson, Thomas . The Christian Student . 1924 . Board of Education of the Methodist Espicopal Church . en.
  11. Book: Who's who in America . 1912 . A.N. Marquis . en.
  12. Web site: 2018-05-11 . HATTON, AUGUSTUS RAYMOND Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Case Western Reserve University . 2024-03-11 . case.edu . en.

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