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College and University President Politicians in Minnesota

Junius Ralph Magee (1880-1970) — also known as J. Ralph Magee — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa; Falmouth, Barnstable County, Mass.; Taunton, Bristol County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Seattle, King County, Wash.; St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn.; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa, June 3, 1880. Democrat. Minister; bishop; president ad interim, Hamline University, 1933-34; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1952. Methodist. Died, in a convalescent home at Morton Grove, Cook County, Ill., December 19, 1970 (age 90 years, 199 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Calvin Magee and Jane Amelia (Cole) Magee; married, September 10, 1902, to Harriet Ammie Keeler.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Chicago Tribune, December 20, 1970   Daniel Walter Morehouse (1876-1941) — also known as D. W. Morehouse — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn., February 22, 1876. Astronomer; university professor; president, Drake University, 1922-41; Dry candidate for delegate to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Disciples of Christ. Member, Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 21, 1941 (age 64 years, 334 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Drake Municipal Observatory, Waveland Park, Des Moines, Iowa.   Relatives: Son of Aaron P. Morehouse and Sabra Ann (Burlison) Morehouse; married, June 9, 1903, to Myrtl May Slayton.   Comet Morehouse (which he discovered in 1908) is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Nelson (b. 1865) — of Kansas; Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Andover, Henry County, Ill., December 14, 1865. Republican. Kansas superintendent of public instruction, 1899-1903; president, Minnesota College, from 1907; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1920. Lutheran. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles M. Nelson and Caroline Nelson; married, August 7, 1895, to Emelia S. Morgan. Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) — also known as Harold E. Stassen — of South St. Paul, Dakota County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in West St. Paul, Dakota County, Minn., April 13, 1907. Republican. Lawyer; Dakota County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1936, 1940 (Temporary Chair; speaker); Governor of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945 (in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president, University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S. Mutual Security Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960; Independent Republican candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986. Baptist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Delta Sigma Rho; Gamma Eta Gamma; Freemasons; Shriners; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, at the Friendship Village nursing home, Bloomington, Hennepin County, Minn., March 4, 2001 (age 93 years, 325 days). Interment at Acacia Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.   Relatives: Son of William Andrew Stassen and Elsie Emma (Mueller) Stassen; married, November 14, 1929, to Esther Glewwe.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)

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