Lulu Haddon
Lulu Haddon (Democrat) represented
the 23rd Legislative District of Kitsap County in the House of
Representatives during the 1933 and 1935
sessions. She was elected to the Senate in
1936, and served there until her resignation in
1942. Her daughter, Frances Haddon
Morgan, wrote a special chapter in
Washington's history when, sixteen years later, she won the same seat first in the House
of Representatives in 1958, and then in the
Senate in 1960.
Born in Iowa, her family moved to
Spangle, Washington when she was a small
child. Haddon received less than an eigth
grade education, most of which came from
her Quaker mother reading to the ten
Haddon children by the glow of an oil lamp.
As a homemaker in Bremerton, Haddon was a community activist and exponent of public
education. She was a founder of that city's
Soroptimist Club, which advocated many
community reforms and became a
springboard for her political career.
Representative Haddon was devoted to providing better education to children. In
both the House and Senate she was
chairwoman of the Education Committee
and created many new educational
opportunities for Washington students. Her
legislative accomplishments include
facilitating the construction of a new bridge
for Bremerton, the creation of more
elementary schools in the state, the establishment of the Rainier State School for the mentally handicapped. and the passage of enabling legislation for Bremerton's first junior college.
--Political Pioneers, The Women Lawmakers