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- 1948-10-01
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Portrait of Governor Mon C. Wallgren while he was attending a meeting of the Olympia Eagles. Mr. Wallgren, a Democrat, served as Washington State's governor for one term from 1945-49. A member of the National Guard during WWI, Mr. Wallgren was engaged in the retail jewelry and optical business from 1915-1932. He was subsequently elected to represent the 2nd District in Congress from 1933-40 and then the U.S. Senate from 1940-45. A longtime acquaintance of Harry S. Truman, he stumped the state with the president in the 1940's, appearing with the president in Tacoma in June, 1948. ALBUM 10.
Governors; Wallgren, Mon C., 1891-1961;