# Clyde Tingley > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clyde_Tingley > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Clyde_Tingley.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tingley > Source revision: 1355036422 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 11th Governor of New Mexico This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Please help improve this article by citing more sources. Find sources: "Clyde Tingley" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2016) Clyde Tingley 11th Governor of New Mexico In office January 1, 1935 – January 1, 1939 Lieutenant Louis Cabeza de Baca Hiram M. Dow Preceded by Andrew W. Hockenhull Succeeded by John E. Miles Personal details Born (1881-01-05)January 5, 1881 London, Ohio, U.S. Died December 24, 1960(1960-12-24) (aged 79) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. Party Democratic Spouse Carrie Wooster Profession Attorney **Clyde Kendle Tingley** (January 5, 1881 – December 24, 1960) was an American lawyer and [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) politician who served as the 11th [governor of New Mexico](/source/Governor_of_New_Mexico). He was a children's healthcare advocate. ## Biography Clyde Tingley was born on a farm near [London, Ohio](/source/London%2C_Ohio) in 1881.[1][2] He lived a modest life of farming. His wife Carrie suffered from [tuberculosis](/source/Tuberculosis) 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](/source/Albuquerque%2C_New_Mexico). The Tingleys relocated to [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico) 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 [Republican Party](/source/United_States_Republican_Party) ran the State. Tingley's first political office was on the [Albuquerque City Council](/source/Albuquerque_City_Council) from 1916 to 1917 as [alderman](/source/Alderman) for the Second Ward.[3] After Albuquerque switched to a [City commission government](/source/City_commission_government) in 1917, Tingley served as a city commissioner from 1922 to 1935, including ten years as [Chairman](/source/List_of_Mayors_of_Albuquerque) (mayoral equivalent) from 1925 to 1935.[4][5] 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 [Democratic National Conventions](/source/Democratic_National_Convention) 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 elected [Governor of New Mexico](/source/Governor_of_New_Mexico) in 1934 as a proponent of [Franklin Roosevelt](/source/Franklin_Roosevelt)'s [New Deal](/source/New_Deal) programs. During this time, he set up over a dozen hospitals in the state, including the [Carrie Tingley Hospital](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carrie_Tingley_Hospital&action=edit&redlink=1) 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](/source/Arthur_Seligman), died during his second term). In 1938, he successfully resurrected the defunct [New Mexico State Fair](/source/New_Mexico_State_Fair) by breaking ground at the Fairgrounds. The center of the Fairgrounds, [Tingley Coliseum](/source/Tingley_Coliseum), 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".[6] 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 [Siberian Elm](/source/Siberian_Elm) (Ulmus pumila) throughout the city of Albuquerque. At the time of pollination, the tree distributes voluminous amounts of [granular chaffe](/source/Samara_(fruit)), which is sometimes [jocularly](/source/Joke) referred to as "Tingley's [dandruff](/source/Dandruff)". Tingley died in [Albuquerque](/source/Albuquerque%2C_New_Mexico) at the age of 79. He is interred at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Small Town Girl: And other stories about ordinary people who led extraordinary lives](https://books.google.com/books?id=Xs5OLYngO3wC&dq=clyde+tingley+new+mexico+1881&pg=PA87) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [New Mexico & Politicians of the Past](https://books.google.com/books?id=bwReDQAAQBAJ&dq=clyde+tingley+new+mexico+born+1881&pg=PT112) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["New Aldermen Get Certificates After Canvass"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57019323/albuquerque-journal/). *Albuquerque Journal*. April 8, 1916. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["List of City Officials For Past 50 Years"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57012856/albuquerque-journal/). *Albuquerque Journal*. June 30, 1935. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Tingley Resigns City Place"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57013725/albuquerque-journal/). *Albuquerque Journal*. January 15, 1935. Retrieved August 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Folsom284_6-0)** Folsom 2008, p. 284. - Folsom, Burton Jr. (2008). [*New Deal Or Raw Deal? How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged American*](https://archive.org/details/newdealorrawdeal0000fols). New York: Threshold Editions. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4165-9237-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4165-9237-2). ## External links - [Carrie Tingley Hospital and the Couple Behind It](http://epcc.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=309255&sid=4546470) Borderlands(EPCC) Party political offices Preceded by Arthur Seligman Democratic nominee for Governor of New Mexico 1934, 1936 Succeeded by John E. Miles Political offices Preceded by Andrew W. Hockenhull Governor of New Mexico 1935–1939 Succeeded by John E. Miles v t e Governors of New Mexico U.S. Military Admin (1846–1851) Military Kearny Price Washington Munroe Civilian Bent Vigil Connelly U.S. Territory (1851–1912) Calhoun Lane Meriwether Rencher Connelly Mitchell Pile Giddings Axtell Wallace Sheldon Ross Prince Thornton Otero Hagerman Curry Mills State (since 1912) McDonald C. De Baca Lindsey Larrazolo M. Mechem Hinkle Hannett Dillon Seligman Hockenhull Tingley Miles Dempsey Mabry E. Mechem Simms E. Mechem Burroughs E. Mechem Bolack Campbell Cargo King Apodaca King Anaya Carruthers King Johnson Richardson Martinez Lujan Grisham See also Mexican governors of New Mexico, Spanish governors of New Mexico Authority control databases VIAF GND --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Clyde Tingley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tingley) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Tingley?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.