Augustus Raymond Hatton
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ The University of Chicago Magazine. University of Chicago, Alumni Association. 1918.
- ^ Hatton, Augustus Raymond; Hull, Bradley (1922). "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. City managers association. p. 5.
- ^ Herringshaw's American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of ... American Publishers' Association. 1915.
- ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1924). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
- ^ University, Western Reserve (1910). Catalogue.
- ^ League, National Municipal (1908). Proceedings of the ... Conference for Good City Government and of the ... Annual Meeting of the National Municipal League Held ... National Municipal League.
- ^ Hadden, Briton; Luce, Henry Robinson (1927). Time. Time Incorporated.
- ^ Grant, Arthur Hastings; Buttenheim, Harold Sinley (1919). The American City. Buttenheim Publishing Corporation.
- ^ Commerce. Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. 1916.
- ^ Nicholson, Thomas (1924). The Christian Student. Board of Education of the Methodist Espicopal Church.
- ^ Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis. 1912.
- ^ "HATTON, AUGUSTUS RAYMOND | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University". case.edu. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2024-03-11.