Orville Freeman
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Orville Lothrop Freeman, a Democrat from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961, and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, respectively.
He was one of the founding members of the Minnesota Democratic-Labor Party and was instrumental in the fusion of the pre-DFL Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties.
At the 1960 Democratic national convention, a freeman nominated Kennedy for president.
Early life
Freeman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 9, 1918, and the son of Orville and Frances (Schroeder) Freeman. He attended Central High School in Minneapolis. Freeman then went to University of Minnesota, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1940 and met his lifelong friend and political ally, Hubert Humphrey. In college, he met Jane Charlotte Shields (May 25, 1921 – March 23, 2018). They married on May 2, 1942. Michael Orville and Constance Jane Freeman had two children: Michael Orville and Constance Jane Freeman.
Later life
Freeman later owned two consulting firms and practiced law in Washington, D.C.
Freeman died in Minneapolis on February 20, 2003 from Alzheimer's disease complications. He was buried in Lakewood Cemetery in the city.
Political career
He earned his LL.B. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946. Freeman went on to practice law in Minneapolis. He ran unsuccessfully for attorney general of Minnesota in 1950 and for governor in 1952.
Freeman was elected governor in 1954, and was re-elected in 1956 and 1958. He took the unusual action of declaring martial law in the city of Albert Lea on December 11, 1959, to maintain law and order during a strike at the Wilson Packing Company. After twelve days, a federal court ruled that the imposition of martial law was inappropriate. Also, on November 13, 1955, Freeman was a guest on the variety show Toast of the Town, which would later be called The Ed Sullivan Show.
In July 1960, Freeman nominated U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts for president at the Democratic National Convention.
Following his defeat for re-election as governor in 1960, Freeman was appointed as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture by the newly elected President Kennedy, and he was retained in that post by President Lyndon B. Johnson following the Kennedy assassination. Freeman served until January 21, 1969.