Orville Freeman
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Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918–February 20, 2003) was an American Democratic politician who served as the 29th Governor of Minnesota from January 5, 1955 to January 2, 1961 and as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961 to 1969.
Freeman was a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he met his life-long friend and political ally, Hubert H. Humphrey.
On November 13, 1955, he was a guest on the variety show Toast of the Town (which would later be called The Ed Sullivan Show).
| Preceded by: C. Elmer Anderson | Governor of Minnesota 1955 – 1961 | Succeeded by: Elmer L. Andersen |
| Preceded by: Ezra Taft Benson | Secretary of Agriculture 1961 – 1969 | Succeeded by: Clifford M. Hardin |