10 Facts About Clyde Tingley

Clyde Kendle Tingley was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 11th governor of New Mexico.

Clyde Tingley was born on a farm near London, Ohio in 1881.

Clyde Tingley's doctors suggested visiting or relocating to the warmer climate of the Southwest, and recommended the Methodist Sanitarium in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Clyde Tingley 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 ran the State.

Clyde Tingley served as district maintenance superintendent of the New Mexico State Highway Department for the Albuquerque district.

Clyde Tingley was handily elected Governor of New Mexico in 1934 as a proponent of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

Clyde Tingley was reelected in 1936 and became the first Governor of New Mexico to serve two consecutive full terms.

The center of the Fairgrounds, Clyde Tingley Coliseum, was named after him.

Clyde Tingley was responsible for the local introduction and widespread planting of the Siberian Elm throughout the city of Albuquerque.

Clyde Tingley is interred at Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque.