March of the Governors, Governor #32: Harold Levander

March of the Governors, Governor Harold Levander (Series Podcast ) Harold Levander (1910-1982) ran for political office once in his long life, in 1966. He defeated incumbent governor Karl Rolvaag, served four years, and never ran for office again. He had been a star athlete in college, in football and track, and a national champion orator. He practiced law in Harold Stassen's firm, where he represented rural electric power cooperatives and the South St. Paul stockyards. As a Republican governor, he helped enact a remarkably progressive agenda that included creation of the sales tax, the Metropolitan Council, and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.

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March of the Governors, Governor #32: Harold Levander is an episode from Ramsey County History podcast by Paul Nelson.

This episode is 48:01 long.

This episode was published on Jan 2, 2024.

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