Background
Hart, Louis Folwell was born on January 4, 1862 in High Point, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Harriett (Van Artsdalin) Hart.
Hart, Louis Folwell was born on January 4, 1862 in High Point, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Harriett (Van Artsdalin) Hart.
Educational public schools.
Admitted to bar, 1884, and practiced at California, Missouri. Moved to Snohomish, Washington, 1889, to Republic, Washington, 1899. Grand secretary Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd fellows, Washington, 1901-1914.
Elected lieutenant governor of Washington, November 1912, reëlected, 1916, succeeded as governor upon decease of Governor Ernest Lister, June 14, 1919.
Term expired, January 1921. Reëlected 1921-1925.
Mason.
Married Ella James, 1881.