John D. Spellman (born December 29, 1926) was the Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985. He was a Republican and his opponent in the 1980 election was then-State Senator Jim McDermott. Spellman was a 1949 graduate of Seattle University and a 1953 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. During Governor Spellman's four-year term of office, Washington's economy suffered a serious recession marked by rising unemployment and disappointing tax revenues. Wikipedia
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