Orville Freeman
Politician
1918 – 2003
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Who was Orville Freeman?
Orville Lothrop Freeman was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was one of the founding members of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and strongly influential in the merger of the pre-DFL Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties. Freeman nominated Kennedy for President at the national Democratic Party convention.
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- Born
- May 9, 1918
Minneapolis - Children
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Ethnicity
- Swedish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Minnesota
- University of Minnesota Law School
- Died
- Feb 20, 2003
Minneapolis
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on July 23, 2013
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