Background
Revelle was born in Maryland but moved to Seattle in 1898 to serve as a minister at a local Methodist church.
Revelle was born in Maryland but moved to Seattle in 1898 to serve as a minister at a local Methodist church.
He ran for City Council and served from 1906 to 1911. In 1910 he ran for Congress but lost the election. He served as a federal attorney for Western Washington.
In this capacity Revelle prosecuted and convicted the former Seattle Police official turned bootlegger Roy Olmstead during Prohibition.
He studied law at the University of Washington and became a member of the Barometer