J. Hugo Aronson

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name =J. Hugo Aronson
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order =14th
office =Governor of Montana
term_start =January 5, 1953
term_end =January 2, 1961
lieutenant = George Gosman (first term) Paul Cannon (second term)
birth_date =Birth date|1891|9|1|mf=yes
birth_place =Gällstad, Västergötland, Sweden
death_date =Death date and age|1978|2|25|1891|9|1|mf=yes
death_place =Columbia Falls, Montana
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spouse = Matilda Langane (1919-1936) Rose McClure (1944-1968)
party =Republican
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occupation = Oil-field worker, businessman
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John Hugo Aronson (September 1, 1891 - February 25, 1978), nicknamed "The Galloping Swede," was an American politician from the Republican Party. Born in Gällstad, Västergötland, Sweden, he served as a member of Montana House of Representatives in 1938 and the Montana Senate in 1944. He served two terms as Governor of Montana, from 1953-61.

Aronson died in the Veterans Hospital at Columbia Falls, Montana, exactly ten years after his wife's death.

References

*Aronson, J. Hugo and L.O. Brockmann. "The Galloping Swede". Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1970

External links

* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ark:/80444/xv88599 Biography and Papers of Aronson] from the Northwest Digital Archives of Washington State University
* [http://www.missoulian.com/specials/100montanans/list/048.html J. Hugo Aronson] , from the "Missoulian"
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6882110 Profile page for John Hugo Aronson] on the Find-A-Grave web site