Augustus Raymond Hatton (September 27, 1873 - November 12, 1946) was an American politician in Cleveland, Ohio. He served as a Cleveland City Council member and professor of Political science at Western Reserve University.^[1] Hatton was campaign manager for the city manager plan which took effect in 1924.^[2]

Hatton was born near Vevay, Indiana^[3] to Augustus and Mary Lavinia (Howard) Hatton.^[4] Augustus graduated from Franklin College (Indiana) with a Bachelor of Philosophy then taught history and political science there. He got a Ph.D from the University of Chicago.^[5] Then he was associate professor of political science at Western Reserve University.^[6] From 1927 to 1940, Hatton taught at Northwestern University.^[7] Hatton was a visiting professor at the University of Texas in Austin 1942-43.

He and Newton D. Baker helped draft Ohio's home rule amendment.^[8] Then he served on Cleveland's Charter Commission^[9] and drafted the proportional representation section of Cleveland's city manager plan adopted in 1921. Hatton was elected to Cleveland City Council.^[10]

Hatton married Nancy Mathews on November 11, 1903^[11] and they had a daughter Martha. After Nancy's death in 1931, he married Esther Rutan on November 25, 1936.^[12]