Martin C. Harty (March 25, 1919 – August 12, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 2010 to early 2011. A Republican, he was one of eight legislators who represent Strafford County District 3, comprising the towns of Barrington, Farmington, Middleton, Milton, New Durham, and Strafford.
Martin Harty | |
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| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Strafford 3 district | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – March 14, 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1919 Barre, Massachusetts |
| Died | August 12, 2017 (aged 98) Dover, New Hampshire |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence(s) | Barrington, New Hampshire |
In March 2011, as a freshman State Representative, Harty promoted eugenics in a conversation with the manager of a community health program stating:
"I'm sorry I don't agree with your side. I and several of us in the state house believe in eugenics...I think the world is too populated. So we believe that there is too many defective people...You know the mentally ill, the retarded, people with physical disabilities and drug addictions - the defective people society would be better off with out. I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population. If you women didn't try to give yourself abortions, you wouldn't end up with defective children" [1]
He subsequently resigned, effective March 15, 2011. Harty was 91 at the time of his resignation.[2][3] He died in August 2017 at the age of 98.[4]
References edit
- ^ "NH State Rep.(R) for Eugenics Resigns".
- ^ Catalina Camia, N.H. state legislator resigns after remark about mental illness, USA Today (March 14, 2011).
- ^ Paula Duffy, N.H legislator 91 year old Martin Harty resigns, admits job was confusing Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, New Hampshire Union-Leader (March 15, 2011).
- ^ Martin Harty Obituary