Freeman earned his LL.B. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1947, and was a member of the Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman law firm from 1947 to 1955.
Freeman went on to serve as governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961 and as United States secretary of agriculture from 1961 to 1969.
Freeman was a visiting scholar at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota from 1995 to 1997.
OrvilleLothropFreeman 1918-2003, American political figure, b.
In World War II he served in the U.S. marine corps, was severely wounded, and was discharged with the rank of major in 1945.
Running on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party ticket, Freeman was elected governor of Minnesota in 1954 (the first non-Republican governor in 17 years) and was reelected in 1956 and 1958.
Freeman earned his LL.B. degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946, was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1947, and was a member of the Larson, Loevinger, Lindquist and Freeman law firm from 1947 to 1955.
Freeman went on to serve as governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961 and as United States secretary of agriculture from 1961 to 1969.
Freeman was a visiting scholar at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota from 1995 to 1997.
OrvilleLothropFreeman (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.
Freeman is best remembered for initiating the food stamp program for under-resourced people which is still in use today.
Freeman was a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he met his life-long friend and political ally, Hubert H. Humphrey.
OrvilleLothropFreeman 19182003, American political figure, b.
In World War II he served in the U.S. marine corps, was severely wounded, and was discharged with the rank of major in 1945.
Running on the DemocraticFarmer-Labor party ticket, Freeman was elected governor of Minnesota in 1954 (the first non-Republican governor in 17 years) and was reelected in 1956 and 1958.
OrvilleLothropFreeman was born on March 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Freeman practiced law in Minneapolis, becoming a close political associate of Hubert Humphrey, who was then serving as mayor of Minneapolis and who also had a great deal of influence in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).
Freeman was able to establish a feed-grain reduction program, cut the amount of wheat grown, expand the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, forge a wheat deal with the Russians in 1963, and complete research on foodstuffs for survival after a nuclear attack.
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Secretary of Agriculture: OrvilleFreeman (1963 - 1969) OrvilleLothropFreeman was born on March 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Secretary of Agriculture: OrvilleFreeman (1961 - 1963) OrvilleLothropFreeman was born on March 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
OrvilleFreeman ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota attorney general in 1950 and for governor in 1952, before being elected to the governor's office three times.
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Freeman practiced law in Minneapolis, becoming a close political associate of Herbert Humphrey, who was then serving as mayor of Minneapolis and who also had a great deal of influence in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).
In 1954, Freeman became governor of Minnesota, where he earned a reputation as a progressive; he was re-elected to that post in 1956 and 1958.
Freeman himself had failed win re-election in 1960, allowing Kennedy to appoint him as Secretary of Agriculture.
BIOGRAPHY OF ORVILLE L. OrvilleLothropFreeman was born in Minneapolis on May 9, 1918.
This file includes Freeman speeches to the 1968 annual convention of the Farmers Union Central Exchange (CENEX), St. Paul, and to the Executives Club of Chicago, and an exchange of letters between Freeman and the Nixon for President Committee regarding a political attack apparently made on Freeman by Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon.
Ioanes, Raymond A.: Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture,1997.
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Running on the Democratic–Farmer-Labor party ticket, Freeman was elected governor of Minnesota in 1954 (the first non-Republican governor in 17 years) and was reelected in 1956 and 1958.
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Saint Paul — Governor Tim Pawlenty proclaimed that the State of Minnesota flag be flown at half-staff on state property from sunrise February 21 to sunset February 28 in honor and remembrance of Governor OrvilleFreeman, who died Thursday night from complications of Alzheimer's Disease.
WHEREAS: OrvilleLothropFreeman was born on May 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and later graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS: Governor OrvilleFreeman embodied the spirit and service of Minnesotans, earning a place in the hearts of our people and the history of our state.
The papers reflect his interest in the breeding and raising of cattle and his wide reputation as an author, scientist and teacher.
Newspaper clippings and scrapbooks kept by the Freeman family (27 volumes, 1948-1964) and as Secretary of Agriculture (25 volumes, 1960-1969).
Correspondence and subject files of a Minneapolis-based farm activist, political gadfly, and self-described agitator for legislation to help the farmer, particularly for a protective tariff on agricultural imports.
This collection documents the work of the USDA, its staff and agencies.
It is particularly strong concerning the activities of the Secretaries of Agriculture, their assistants and staffs, especially for the administrations of Henry Agard Wallace, Ezra Taft Benson, and OrvilleLothropFreeman.
Large sections of the records relate to the response of the USDA to such crises as World War I, World War II, and the Great Depression, droughts, floods and other disasters, and the changes brought about by the economic and technological developments of the twentieth century.