Earl Coe

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Earl Coe

| birth_name = Earl Sylvester Coe

| birth_date = 1892

| death_date = May 23, 1964 (aged 71–72)

| office = 9th Secretary of State of Washington

| termstart = January 5, 1948

| termend = January 16, 1957

| successor = Victor Aloysius Meyers

| predecessor = Belle Reeves

| governor = Monrad Wallgren
Arthur B. Langlie

| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_place = Olympia, Washington, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| office1 = Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party

| termstart1 = 1946

| termend1 = 1948

| office2 = Member of the Washington Senate

| termstart2 = 1944

| termend2 = 1946

| office3 = Member of the Washington House of Representatives

| termstart3 = 1938

| termend3 = 1944

}}

Earl Sylvester Coe (1892 – May 23, 1964) was an American politician who served as the ninth Secretary of State of Washington. Coe previously served as a member of the Washington State Legislature.

Early life

Coe was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota.{{Cite web|date=|title=Washington's Secretaries of State - Past and Present|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/office/secretary_history.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106075900/http://sos.wa.gov/office/secretary_history.aspx |archive-date=2009-11-06 |access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.sos.wa.gov}}

Career

In 1913, he relocated to Bingen, Washington, where he worked in the shipping and lumber business.

In 1938, he was elected to the Washington House of Representatives taking the seat previously held by Christian Aalvik.{{Cite web |title=Elections Search Results - November 1938 General, September 1938 Primary, November 1936 General, September 1936 Primary |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=97,96,69,98&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Washington Secretary of State}} In 1944, he was elected to the Washington State Senate. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1946. From 1946 to 1948, he served as the chair of the Washington State Democratic Party. He was a Democratic candidate for the 1956 Washington gubernatorial election, losing to Albert Rosellini. When Rosellini was elected governor, he appointed Coe to serve as secretary of state. He served from 1948 to 1957. He later served as the director of the Washington Department of Conservation.{{Cite web|title=Archives West: Earl Coe papers, 1939-1963|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv10897|access-date=2020-08-27|website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org}}[https://www.lib.washington.edu/static/public/specialcollections/findingaids/0502-001.pdf Earl Coe papers]

Death

Coe died in Olympia, Washington in 1964.

References

Category:1892 births

Category:1964 deaths

Category:American anti-communists

Category:People from Minneapolis

Category:Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives

Category:Democratic Party Washington (state) state senators

Category:Secretaries of state of Washington (state)

Category:20th-century members of the Washington State Legislature