Stanley K. Hathaway

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Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924–October 4, 2005) was a U.S. Republican Party politician.

He was born in Osceola, Nebraska and was the son of Robert and Lily Knapp. Following his mother's death when he was only two years old, he was adopted by Franklin and Velma Hathaway. He entered the University of Wyoming, but dropped out to join the military. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force. Following the war, he graduated from the University of Nebraska, earning a B.A. in 1948, and a law degree in 1950.

From 1954 until his election as State GOP chairman, he served as Prosecuting Attorney for Goshen County, Wyoming. From 1962 to 1964, he served as Chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party. He served as governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975 and briefly as Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of President Gerald Ford before resigning for health reasons. Following his tenure as Interior Secretary, he returned to Wyoming, and co-founded the law firm of Hathaway and Kunz, where he was Of Counsel until his death. He died at his home in Cheyenne, Wyoming from an undisclosed illness at the age of 81.

Preceded by: Clifford P. Hansen	Governor of Wyoming 1967–1975	Succeeded by: Edgar Herschler
Preceded by: Rogers Clark Ballard Morton	United States Secretary of the Interior 1975	Succeeded by: Thomas Savig Kleppe