J. Hugo Aronson

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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 was Governor of Montana from 1953-61.

Aronson died in the Veterans Hospital at Columbia Falls, Flathead County, Montana.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Profile page for John Hugo Aronson on the Find-A-Grave web site

Preceded by John W. Bonner

Governor of Montana 1953 – 1961

Succeeded by Donald Grant Nutter

v • d • e Governors of Montana Territorial Edgerton • Meagher • G. Smith • Ashley • Potts • Crosby • Carpenter • Hauser • Leslie • White State Toole • Rickards • R. Smith • Toole • Norris • Stewart • Dixon • Erickson • Cooney • Holt • Ayers • Ford • Bonner • Aronson • Nutter • Babcock • Anderson • Judge • Schwinden • Stephens • Racicot • Martz • Schweitzer