Orville Freeman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Orville Freeman

American politician

Date of Birth: 09-May-1918

Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 20-Feb-2003

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.
Freeman nominated Kennedy for president at the 1960 Democratic Party national convention.