Ault, Harry E. B. (Harry Erwin Bratton), 1883-1961

Harry Erwin Bratton Ault was born in Kentucky and at the age of 14, moved with his family to northern Puget Sound to join the socialist colony "Equality", whose cooperative and humanitarian vision had a lasting influence on him. He settled in Seattle, and in 1912 the Central Labor Council made him editor of its newspaper, the Seattle Union Record. Ault served as manager-editor until financial hardship forced it to cease publication in 1928. After the newspaper dissolved, he worked in commercial printing and published political pamphlets. He ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for Washington's First Congressional District in 1936 and in 1938 was appointed deputy U.S. marshall for Tacoma. He remained a U.S. marshal until his retirement in 1953.

From the description of Harry E.B. Ault papers, 1899-1956 (bulk 1919-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 39122426

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