Huntley Nowel Spaulding was an American manufacturer and Republican politician from Rochester, New Hampshire.
Background
Huntley Nowel Spaulding was born in Townsend Harbor, Massachusetts, in 1869, to Jonas Spaulding and his wife, Emeline Cummings. His father and uncle, Waldo, had founded a leatherboard mill in the town, which was the start of their family-owned manufacturing business.
Education
The young Spaulding was educated at Lawrence Academy at Groton, class of 1885, and later Phillips Exeter Academy, class of 1889.
Career
He was elected governor of New Hampshire (1927-1929). In addition, he was notable for his philanthropy in health and education. They helped manage mills in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York, but lived in New Hampshire all their lives.
Spaulding became active in the Republican Party in New Hampshire.
He was Chairman of the New Hampshire"s Food Production Committee and New Hampshire"s federal food administrator World War I. He also served as chairman of the European Relief Council, a private charity that worked with other charities and government agencies to raise millions of dollars to aid orphans and refugees following the war. From 1921 to 1926 he was President of the State Board of Education.
He was elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1926, and served one term, 1927 to 1929, before the Great Depression began. The Spaulding Company was the major employer in Tonawanda, New New York
lieutenant was to disburse all their assets within 15 years of the death of the last Spaulding sibling.
Marion Spaulding Potter was the last survivor, living until 1957. Huntley Spaulding was known for his philanthropy in the fields of health and education. He served as president of the boards of trustees of Lawrence Academy and Tufts University.
He died in Rochester, New Hampshire on November 14, 1955, and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1944, the University of New Hampshire awarded Spaulding the Charles Holmes Pettee Memorial medal for distinguished service to his state and nation.