Earl Coe

Earl Coe
Earl Coe
9th Secretary of State of Washington
	In office; January 5, 1948 – January 16, 1957
Governor	Monrad Wallgren; Arthur B. Langlie
Preceded by	Belle Reeves
Succeeded by	Victor Aloysius Meyers
Chair of the Washington State Democratic Party
	In office; 1946–1948
Member of the Washington Senate
	In office; 1944–1946
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
	In office; 1938–1944
Personal details
Born	Earl Sylvester Coe; 1892; Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	May 23, 1964 (aged 71–72); Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]