What is Booth Gardner?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Booth Gardner |image = Booth Gardner.jpg |order = 19th [[List of governors of Washington|Governor of Washington]] |lieutenant = [[John Cherberg]]<br>[[Joel Pritchard]] |term_start = January 16, 1985 |term_end = January 13, 1993 |predecessor = [[John Spellman]] |successor = [[Mike Lowry]] |office1 = Chair of the [[National Governors Association]] |term_start1 = July 31, 1990 |term_end1 = August 20, 1991 |predecessor1 = [[Terry Branstad]] |successor1 = [[John Ashcroft]] |office2 = 1st [[County executive|Executive]] of [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]] |term_start2 = May 1, 1981 |term_end2 = December 31, 1984 |predecessor2 = Position established |successor2 = [[Joe Stortini]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1936|8|21}} |birth_place = [[Tacoma, Washington]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|3|15|1936|8|21}} |death_place = Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |death_cause = [[Parkinson's disease]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Jean Gardner {{small|(Divorced)}}<br>Cynthia Gardner {{small|(Divorced)}} |education = [[University of Washington|University of Washington, Seattle]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}} }} '''Booth Gardner''' (August 21, 1936 – March 15, 2013) was an American politician. He was the [[List of Governors of Washington|19th governor of the U.S. state of Washington]] between 1985 and 1993. He also was the ambassador of the [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade|GATT]]. He was a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]]. Gardner died at his home in [[Tacoma, Washington]] on March 15, 2013, of [[Parkinson's disease]]. He was 76.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Wash. Gov. Booth Gardner Dies|url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/wash-gov-booth-gardner-dies-18746244|publisher=ABC News|access-date=16 March 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFA