John A. Hartle should not be confused with John A. Hartell.
| John A. Hartle | |
| Image Name: | Speaker John A. Hartle.jpg |
| Order: | 41st |
| Office: | Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | January 4, 1949 |
| Term End: | January 6, 1955 |
| Predecessor: | Lawrence M. Hall |
| Successor: | Alfred I. Johnson |
| Office2: | Minority Leader of the Minnesota House of Representatives |
| Term Start2: | January 6, 1955 |
| Term End2: | January 8, 1957 |
| Predecessor2: | Fred A. Cina |
| Successor2: | Odin Langen |
| Office3: | Minnesota State Representative |
| Term Start3: | January 8, 1935 |
| Term End3: | January 6, 1969 |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1891 |
| Birth Place: | Havana Township, Minnesota |
| Death Place: | Owatonna, Minnesota |
| Party: | Nonpartisan Conservative Caucus Republican |
| Spouse: | Ruth |
| Children: | Austin and Dorothy |
| Residence: | Owatonna, Minnesota |
| Profession: | Farmer |
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John A. Hartle (August 6, 1891 – April 5, 1979) was a Minnesota Republican politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. Born on a farm, he became a livestock farmer himself. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1934. As a Republican, he caucused with the Conservative Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body.
Hartle served as chair of the Markets and Marketing and Civil Administration committees, and in 1949 he was elected to replace outgoing speaker Lawrence M. Hall. Hartle served as speaker for three terms, until the Liberal Caucus gained a majority in 1955. Hartle served one term as Minority Leader, and when the conservatives regained control of the body in 1963, he became chair, first of the education committee, and then the taxes committee. He retired from the legislature after the 1968 elections. His nephew Dean Hartle also served in the Minnesota Legislature.[1]