biography
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| lived:
| (1896–1969)
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| biography:
| US senator and governor, born in Frederick, South Dakota, USA. A farmer all his life, he became the deputy commissioner of agriculture for Minnesota (1938–42). Elected lieutenant-governor (Republican, 1943), he became governor (1943–5) when Harold Stassen left to serve in the navy, and was elected for a full term (1945–7). He moved on to the US Senate (Republican, Minnesota, 1947–59), where he supported civil rights and aid to education. |
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