Markham Ligon Gartley (born May 16, 1944) served as Secretary of State of Maine from 1975 to 1978.
[1] He is a veteran of the Vietnam War as a lieutenant in the United States Navy and former prisoner of war.
[2] Gartley was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Gerald and Minnie-Lee (née Ligon) Gartley.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1966.
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