He was born on February 17, 1884, in Lyons, New York, the son of William Hannett and Mary McCarthy. After completing high school he entered Syracuse University, where he graduated in 1910. Hannett came to Gallup, New Mexico, in 1911, where he began to practice law. His first public office was City Attorney and he also served as Mayor of Gallup for four years. Hannett married Louise Westfall, daughter of William and Estella Westfall, at Clyde, New York, on August 13, 1913. He was an alternate delegate from New Mexico to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1912, and chairman of the New Mexico delegation at the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in 1920.
After serving as a member of the State Highway Commission from March 1923, until December 1924, Hannett was elected governor of New Mexico and served from January 1, 1925, until January 1, 1927.
During his tenure U.S. Route 66 was rerouted to avoid Santa Fe and instead passed through Albuquerque, New Mexico. The rerouting saves drivers traveling across the state nearly four hours. Legend says Hannett did the rerouting to punish the Republican Santa Fe Ring which had controlled New Mexico politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1]
arthur, hannett, arthur, thomas, hannett, february, 1884, march, 1966, american, lawyer, politician, rose, become, seventh, governor, mexico, governor, mexicoin, office, january, 1925, january, 1927lieutenantedward, sargentpreceded, byjames, hinklesucceeded, b. Arthur Thomas Hannett February 17 1884 March 18 1966 was an American lawyer and politician who rose to become the seventh governor of New Mexico Arthur T Hannett7th Governor of New MexicoIn office January 1 1925 January 1 1927LieutenantEdward F SargentPreceded byJames F HinkleSucceeded byRichard C DillonPersonal detailsBorn 1884 02 17 February 17 1884Lyons New York U S DiedMarch 18 1966 1966 03 18 aged 82 Albuquerque New Mexico U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseLouise WestfallResidenceGallupProfessionAttorneyBiography editHe was born on February 17 1884 in Lyons New York the son of William Hannett and Mary McCarthy After completing high school he entered Syracuse University where he graduated in 1910 Hannett came to Gallup New Mexico in 1911 where he began to practice law His first public office was City Attorney and he also served as Mayor of Gallup for four years Hannett married Louise Westfall daughter of William and Estella Westfall at Clyde New York on August 13 1913 He was an alternate delegate from New Mexico to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1912 and chairman of the New Mexico delegation at the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in 1920 After serving as a member of the State Highway Commission from March 1923 until December 1924 Hannett was elected governor of New Mexico and served from January 1 1925 until January 1 1927 During his tenure U S Route 66 was rerouted to avoid Santa Fe and instead passed through Albuquerque New Mexico The rerouting saves drivers traveling across the state nearly four hours Legend says Hannett did the rerouting to punish the Republican Santa Fe Ring which had controlled New Mexico politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 1 He died on March 18 1966 in Albuquerque New Mexico References edit New Mexico Route 66 New Mexico mother road old Route 66 Party political offices Preceded byJames F Hinkle Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico1924 1926 Succeeded byRobert C Dow Political offices Preceded byJames F Hinkle Governor of New Mexico1925 1927 Succeeded byRichard C Dillon nbsp nbsp This article about a New Mexico politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur T Hannett amp oldid 1126184364, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
