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| | 700 FAMOUS NEBRASKANS - Public Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Politician, political adviser, was vice presidential nominee for Democratic Party in 1924, served as Nebraska governor for six years, known for working closely with his famous brother William and for striving to maintain the people's voice in government. |
 | | Agriculturist, military officer, politician, known as Nebraska's greatest booster as member of Nebraska Board of Agriculture for four decades, served in territorial legislature and one term as Nebraska governor, wrote first common-school law for the state, was one of initiators of Arbor Day, and the major organizer of the Nebraska State Historical Society. |
 | | Politician, first female governor of Nebraska and the first elected Republican woman governor in American history, became in 1984 the first person, male or female, other than a member of Congress or a state's governor to serve as co-chair of the Republican National Convention's Platform Committee. |
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