Martin Harty

Martin C. Harty was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and served 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.

In a March 2011, as a freshman state Representative, Harty promoted eugenics in a conversation with the manager of a community health program (saying that this was a way to get rid of "defective people") and said that he favored sending people with mental illnesses on a one-way trip to Siberia. Nevertheless subsequently resigned, however, effective on March 15, 2011. Harty was 91 at the time of his resignation.