Don Eldridge | |
Office: | 34th Speaker of the Washington House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 9, 1967 |
Term End: | March 12, 1970 |
Predecessor: | Robert M. Schaefer |
Successor: | Tom Copeland |
State House1: | Washington |
District1: | 40th |
Term Start1: | January 12, 1953 |
Term End1: | March 12, 1970 |
Predecessor1: | Emma Abbott Ridgway |
Successor1: | D. James Costanti |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1919 |
Birth Place: | Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S. |
Death Place: | Olympia, Washington, U.S. |
Profession: | property manager |
Don Delos Eldridge (December 26, 1919 – October 16, 2007) was an American politician.
He was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. He graduated from Mount Vernon High School and Mount Vernon Junior College. While at junior college, he completed the first phase of civilian pilot training in anticipation of joining the United States Army Air Corps.[1] He attended Washington State University for one year and received a degree in education from Western Washington College of Education.[1] He then worked in his family's stationary business and local newspaper in Mount Vernon.
He served in the Washington House of Representatives 1952–1970 as a Republican and was the speaker. In 1970, Eldridge was appointed to the Washington State Liquor Control Board and served until 1979. He was a member of the first Washington Redistricting Commission in 1983.[2] He was in the property management business in Olympia, Washington. He died in Olympia, Washington.[1] [3] [4]