H. H. Chesterman
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H.H. Chesterman briefly served as Secretary of State of Minnesota
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Chesterman, who had served as Assistant Secretary of State under Mike Holm
, was appointed to the position in July 1952 by Gov. Elmer Anderson after Holm's death. Chesterman was replaced by Anderson in September of that year; Anderson appointed Virginia Paul Holm
, Mike Holm's widow, after public sentiment grew that she should succeed him.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
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Chesterman, who had served as Assistant Secretary of State under Mike Holm
Mike Holm
Mike Holm was a Swedish-born American politician and the longest-serving Minnesota Secretary of State, serving from January 4, 1921 until his death. His wife, Virginia Paul Holm, later succeeded him in the office...
, was appointed to the position in July 1952 by Gov. Elmer Anderson after Holm's death. Chesterman was replaced by Anderson in September of that year; Anderson appointed Virginia Paul Holm
Virginia Paul Holm
Virginia Paul Holm Bye was a Minnesota politician, a member of the Republican Party, and the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of Minnesota....
, Mike Holm's widow, after public sentiment grew that she should succeed him.