Walter Judd
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Walter Henry Judd (born September 25, 1898, Rising City, Nebraska – February 13, 1994, Mitchellville, Maryland) earned his medical degree at the University of Nebraska in 1923. Elected to the U.S. Congress from Minnesota in 1942, where he served for 20 years from 1943 until 1963. Dr. Judd gave the keynote address at the 1960 Republican National Convention in Chicago. In 1981, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the nation's highest civilian award). Judd founded the American Freedom Coalition with Robert Grant and Ralph Abernathy and served as a director of the organization until his death in 1994.[1]
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| Preceded by Oscar Youngdahl |
United States Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota 1943 – 1963 |
Succeeded by Donald Fraser |
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