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==Background==

==Background==

A [[Seattle]] native, Spellman was the son of [[insurance]] executive Sterling Bartholomew "Bart" Spellman (1895-1955), and the former Lela A. Cushman  (1895-1985), a teacher.<ref name=stimes>{{cite web |date=May 12, 1985 |title=Lela Spellman dies; mother of former governor |page=C6 |publisher=''The Seattle Times''|accessdate=August 11, 2021}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, Dennis Bartholomew "Denny" Spellman (1863-1925), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrant who became a plumbing contractor. His maternal grandmother, America Vespusis Kirk Cushman Guion (1867-1934), was one of the first white children born in the former Oregon Territory and settled in the community of Brownsville in Linn County in western [[Oregon]].<ref name=stimes.> His father, Bart, played in the 1917 Rose Bowl for the [[University of Oregon]] in Eugene. Later he was an assistant coach at both the University of Oregon and the [[University of Washington]].<ref name=wasec>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/stories/john-spellman/|title=John Spellman: Politics Never Broke His Heart|publisher=Office of the Secretary of State|accessdate=August 11, 2021}}</ref>

A [[Seattle]] native, Spellman was the son of [[insurance]] executive Sterling Bartholomew "Bart" Spellman (1895-1955), and the former Lela A. Cushman  (1895-1985), a teacher.<ref name=stimes>{{cite web |date=May 12, 1985 |title=Lela Spellman dies; mother of former governor |page=C6 |publisher=''The Seattle Times''|accessdate=August 11, 2021}}</ref> His paternal grandfather, Dennis Bartholomew "Denny" Spellman (1863-1925), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrant who became a plumbing contractor. His maternal grandmother, America Vespusis Kirk Cushman Guion (1867-1934), was one of the first white children born in the former Oregon Territory and settled in the community of Brownsville in Linn County in western [[Oregon]].<ref name=stimes/> His father, Bart, played in the 1917 Rose Bowl for the [[University of Oregon]] in Eugene. Later he was an assistant coach at both the University of Oregon and the [[University of Washington]].<ref name=wasec>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/stories/john-spellman/|title=John Spellman: Politics Never Broke His Heart|publisher=Office of the Secretary of State|accessdate=August 11, 2021}}</ref>

Spellman was reared in the [[suburb]]s of Hunts Point and Bellevue with his sister, Mary Catherine Spellman Tully (1924-2013);<ref name=stimes/> his older brother, David Bartholomew (1925–1951), a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]], was killed in the [[Korean War]] at the age of twenty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152575746/david-bartholomew-spellman|title=David Bartholomew Spellman|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}</ref> Spellman graduated in 1944 from the Seattle Preparatory School.  The same year, he left high school midway in his senior year to enroll in the cadet program of the Merchant Marine during [[World War II]], and then served in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=wasec/> After the war, under the G.I. Bill of Rights, Spellman studied at Seattle University, from which he received in 1949 a Bachelor of Business degree. In 1953, he graduated from the [[Georgetown University]] Law Center in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=stimes/>

Spellman was reared in the [[suburb]]s of Hunts Point and Bellevue with his sister, Mary Catherine Spellman Tully (1924-2013);<ref name=stimes/> his older brother, David Bartholomew (1925–1951), a graduate of the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]], was killed in the [[Korean War]] at the age of twenty-five.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152575746/david-bartholomew-spellman|title=David Bartholomew Spellman|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 15, 2021}}</ref> Spellman graduated in 1944 from the Seattle Preparatory School.  The same year, he left high school midway in his senior year to enroll in the cadet program of the Merchant Marine during [[World War II]], and then served in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=wasec/> After the war, under the G.I. Bill of Rights, Spellman studied at Seattle University, from which he received in 1949 a Bachelor of Business degree. In 1953, he graduated from the [[Georgetown University]] Law Center in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=stimes/>