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Winfield Scott Hammond

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Winfield Scott Hammond

Birth
Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
30 Dec 1915 (aged 52)
Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Saint James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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US Congressman, 18th Minnesota Governor. Elected to represent Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1914. Served as Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1915 to his death in office on December 30, 1915, when he died as the result of a stroke. He was Minnesota's only bachelor governor. He was the second of three Minnesota Governors to die in office (the others being John A. Johnson, who died 1909, and Floyd B. Olson, who died in 1936).
US Congressman, 18th Minnesota Governor. Elected to represent Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1914. Served as Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1915 to his death in office on December 30, 1915, when he died as the result of a stroke. He was Minnesota's only bachelor governor. He was the second of three Minnesota Governors to die in office (the others being John A. Johnson, who died 1909, and Floyd B. Olson, who died in 1936).

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  • Originally Created by: David McGuire
  • Added: Oct 16, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6857784/winfield_scott-hammond: accessed ), memorial page for Winfield Scott Hammond (17 Nov 1863–30 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6857784, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Saint James, Watonwan County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.