14 Facts About Larry Seaquist

Larry R Seaquist was born on September 7,1938 and is an American politician, retired Navy captain, and academic who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015.

Larry Seaquist ran for Pierce County executive in 2020 and lost to incumbent Republican Bruce Dammeier by ten percentage points.

Seaquist was born September 7,1938, In Idaho Falls, Idaho, the first of five children of Dorothy to Roger Seaquist, Seaquist lived on the family farm and attended Ammon Elementary School in Ammon, Idaho.

Larry Seaquist dropped out of college in his junior year, working for a few months as a firefighter and ambulance driver for the Corvallis Fire Department.

Larry Seaquist later earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oregon State in 1963.

Larry Seaquist volunteered to follow that year in the Arctic with another in the Antarctic, this time as an American rep to the Argentine Antarctica deployment at Ellsworth Station where he again flew radiosondes for upper atmosphere measurements and made ices measurements as part of the global weather tracking system.

Larry Seaquist then flew on Argentina's first flight to the South Pole, returned home via the US base at McMurdo, and returned to school.

Larry Seaquist served in the United States Navy from 1962 to 1994.

Larry Seaquist commanded the Iowa from 25 April 1986 through 26 May 1988.

Larry Seaquist was renowned on USS Iowa at choosing an enlisted crew member each day, telling them to be on the bridge at 1800 hours and have a song ready which the crew member had to create.

Larry Seaquist served as a technical adviser for the 2001 film A Glimpse of Hell.

In 2007, Larry Seaquist was elected to the Washington House of Representatives, representing Washington's 26th legislative district, which covers the Kitsap Peninsula from Bremerton and Port Orchard in the north to Gig Harbor in the south.

In 2014, Larry Seaquist lost his seat in a heated election to Michelle Caldier.

Since leaving the Washington House of Representatives, Larry Seaquist has worked as a Political Science professor at the Evergreen State College, and speaks as an expert on national security and military issues.