Clyde Kendle Tingley (January 5, 1881December 24, 1960) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the

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of the State of

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. He was a children's healthcare advocate.

Biography

Clyde Tingley was born on a farm near

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in 1881. He lived a bad life of farming. His wife Carrie suffered from

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and was informed that the climate in Ohio would eventually kill her. Her doctors suggested visiting or relocating to the warmer climate of the Southwest, and recommended the Methodist Sanitarium in

Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding i ...

. The Tingleys relocated to

from Ohio in 1910. While his wife recovered, Clyde dabbled in local politics. He relocated just in time to see the admission of New Mexico as a state, and almost immediately he was alarmed over how the dominant

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ran the State. Tingley's first political office was on the

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from 1916 to 1917 as

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for the Second Ward. After Albuquerque switched to a

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in 1917, Tingley served as a city commissioner from 1922 to 1935, including ten years as

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(mayoral equivalent) from 1925 to 1935. He also served as district maintenance superintendent of the New Mexico State Highway Department for the Albuquerque district (1925–1926). He was also a delegate to the

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s of (1928, 1932, and 1936). Through this entire period, his wife's illness was at his heart, and he was an outspoken advocate for healthcare – particularly for children. Tingley was handily elected

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in 1934 as a proponent of

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programs. During this time, he set up over a dozen hospitals in the state, including the

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in honor of his wife, to help children with tuberculosis. He was reelected in 1936 and became the first Governor of New Mexico to serve two consecutive full terms. (His predecessor, Arthur Seligman, died during his second term.) In 1938, he successfully resurrected the defunct

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by breaking ground at the Fairgrounds. The center of the Fairgrounds,

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, was named after him. As governor, Tingley continued his predecessor's practice of systematically recording the political affiliation of applicants for federal aid, stating that "only by returning a solid Democratic front can New Mexico get its full share of the money to be distributed by the federal government in the next two years".Folsom 2008, p. 284. After the end of his tenure as Governor, he was reelected to his old position as Chairman of the Albuquerque City Commission and served a further 13 years in that role from 1940 to 1953. Tingley was responsible for the local introduction and widespread planting of the

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(Ulmus pumila) throughout the city of Albuquerque. At the time of pollination, the tree distributes voluminous amounts of granular chaffe, which has come to be known as Tingley's Dandruff. Tingley died in

Albuquerque Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...

at the age of 79. He is interred at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque.

References

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Carrie Tingley Hospital and the Couple Behind It
Borderlands(EPCC) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tingley, Clyde 1881 births 1960 deaths American Congregationalists Democratic Party governors of New Mexico People from London, Ohio Mayors of Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico city council members 20th-century American politicians