Virginia Paul Holm

Virginia Paul Holm

16th Minnesota Secretary of State
In office September 16, 1952 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	H.H. Chesterman
Succeeded by	Joseph L. Donovan
Personal details
Born	March 14, 1902
Died	October 1968 (aged 66)
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mike Holm

Virginia Paul Holm Bye^[1] (March 14, 1902 – October 1968) was a Minnesota politician, a member of the Republican Party, and the first woman to serve as Secretary of State of Minnesota.

Holm was appointed to the position in 1952 by Gov. Elmer Anderson. She succeeded H.H. Chesterman, who had himself previously been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of Holm's husband, former Secretary of State Mike Holm.

Holm won election in her own right in November 1952, but lost her bid for re-election in 1954.^[2]

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Political offices
Preceded by H.H. Chesterman	Secretary of State of Minnesota 1952-1955	Succeeded by Joseph L. Donovan

Minnesota Secretaries of State

Baasen Baker Blakeley Rogers Mattson Jennison Irgens Von Baumbach Mattson Brown Berg Hanson Schmahl M. Holm Chesterman V. Holm Donovan Erdahl Growe Kiffmeyer Ritchie Simon

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