Wilder W. Hartley

Wilder W. Hartley (1901–1970) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from the Harbor and South Los Angeles districts from 1939 to 1943.
Biography
Hartley was born in Reno, Nevada, on April 4, 1901, and was brought to Wilmington, California, in 1903, where his father became chief engineer for the Hammond Lumber Company. Wilder attended Wilmington High School and Stanford University. He worked for Hammond for a time and then went into the insurance business. In 1924 he and Laura Mae Clark were married. Hartley was a Republican.
Hartley died at the age of 69 on August 17, 1970, in Harbor City, leaving his wife and three daughters, Marilyn Swanson, Ann Wilmoth and Joyce Christiansen. He was buried in San Pedro.
City Council
Elections
See List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1939–47
Hartley ran against F.P. Buyer, the incumbent member for Los Angeles City Council District 15, in 1939 and was elected...