March of the Governors, Governor #34: Rudy Perpich

March of the Governors, Governor Rudy Perpich Series Podcast Rudy Perpich (1928-1995) served as Minnesota's thirty-fourth governor in the years 1977 and 1978. He got there by succession when Wendell Anderson resigned. Perpich then appointed Anderson to the US Senate—the first event leading to the Minnesota Massacre of 1978. Perpich was the first Iron Ranger, the first dentist, and first Roman Catholic to serve as governor and, maybe, the last to have grown up in poverty. His term was marked by the national energy crisis, controversies over electric power lines, and Reserve Mining Corporation, and the death of Hubert Humphrey. It ended with his crushing defeat by Al Quie in 1978. But he would be back

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March of the Governors, Governor #34: Rudy Perpich is an episode from Ramsey County History podcast by Paul Nelson.

This episode is 55:22 long.

This episode was published on Mar 6, 2024.

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