Orville Freeman
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| Orville Lothrop Freeman | |
 Orville Lothrop Freeman |
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| In office January 5, 1955 – January 2, 1961 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | Karl Rolvaag |
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| Preceded by | C. Elmer Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Elmer L. Andersen |
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| Born | May 9, 1918 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Died | February 20, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Political party | Farmer-Labor |
| Spouse | Jane C. Shields |
| Profession | Marine, politician |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918 – February 20, 2003) 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.
Born in 1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Freeman is best remembered for initiating the Food Stamp Program for under-resourced people which is still in use today.[1]
Freeman was a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he met his life-long friend and political ally, Hubert Humphrey. During World War II, he served as a combat officer in United States Marine Corps, achieving the rank of major. He earned his LL.B. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946.
On November 13, 1955, he was a guest on the variety show Toast of the Town (which would later be called The Ed Sullivan Show). He died from Alzheimer's Disease in 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Orville's son Mike Freeman has served non-consecutive terms as County Attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota from 1991 – 1999, and 2007 – present, and was a candidate for Governor in 1998.
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| Preceded by C. Elmer Anderson |
28th Governor of Minnesota 1955 – 1961 |
Succeeded by Elmer L. Andersen |
| Preceded by Ezra Taft Benson |
Secretary of Agriculture 1961 – 1969 |
Succeeded by Clifford M. Hardin |
| Governors of Minnesota |  |
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| Sibley • Ramsey • Swift • Miller • Marshall • Austin • Davis • Pillsbury • Hubbard • McGill • Merriam • Nelson • Clough • Lind • Van Sant • Johnson • Eberhart • Hammond • Burnquist • Preus • Christianson • Olson • Petersen • Benson • Stassen • Thye • Youngdahl • E. Anderson • Freeman • Andersen • Rolvaag • LeVander • W. Anderson • Perpich • Quie • Perpich • Carlson • Ventura • Pawlenty |
| United States Secretaries of Agriculture |  |
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| Colman • Rusk • Morton • Wilson • Houston • Meredith • HC Wallace • Gore • Jardine • Hyde • HA Wallace • Wickard • Anderson • Brannan • Benson • Freeman • Hardin • Butz• Knebel • Bergland • Block • Lyng • Yeutter • Madigan • Espy • Glickman • Veneman • Johanns |
Categories: 1918 births | 2003 deaths | American military personnel of World War II | Deaths from Alzheimer's disease | Governors of Minnesota | Lutheran politicians | Norwegian-Americans | Swedish-Americans | United States Marine Corps officers | United States Secretaries of Agriculture | University of Minnesota alumni
