Clyde Tingley

1882

Clyde Tingley born in London, Ohio

1910

Clyde moves to Albuquerque

1916 - 1917

Clyde services as Alderman on the Albuquerque City Council.

1922

Clyde is elected to the City Commission

1925

Elected Chairman of City Commission, the equivalent of mayor. Holds this office until 1935.

1925 - 1926

Serves as the Albuquerque Superintendent of the New Mexico State Highway Department. He also serves as a delegate to the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Democratic National Conventions.

1934

Elected Governor by popular vote

1936

Reelected Governor for a second term

1940 - 1953

Serves again as Chairman of City Commission

1960

Clyde Tingley passes away and is buried in Albuquerque.

Carrie Tingley

Carrie Wooster was born in Bowling Green, Ohio, on May 20, 1877. Carrie traveled to the Southwest in 1911 with her mother. Intending to reach Arizona, mother and daughter left the train in Albuquerque when Carrie became too sick to travel farther. They were soon joined in Albuquerque by Carrie’s Ohio fiancé, Clyde Tingley.

Clyde and Carrie Tingley shared a commitment to the sick and disadvantaged, particularly children with disabilities. They focused on building schools for children throughout the state.