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Governor Elmer Benson with Vice President Henry Wallace, c.1939.
Governor Floyd B. Olson, c.1935.
Governor Floyd B. Olson speaking at the dedication of the Columbus Memorial at the Minnesota State Capitol, October 12, 1931.
Floyd B. Olson, governor of Minnesota, with Clyde Herring, governor of Iowa, November 13, 1935
Governor Harold Levander (seated) signs the Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination into law in 1967. It was renamed the Minnesota Human Rights Act in 1973.
Governor Harold Stassen delivers an address to the Minnesota Legislature,1941.
Official portrait of Governor Horace Austin, 1873. Artist: Carl Gutherz.
Minnesota Governor J. A. O. Preus and Idelle Preus voting, ca. 1920.
Governor J.A.A. Burnquist with members of the Minnesota Home Guard and the Motor Corps, c.1918
Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura speaks to reporters at the Great Wall of China on June 9, 2002. Photo by John Currie.