Stafford King
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During [[World War I]] King served in the army, first as an [[enlisted soldier]] on the Mexican border and later as a [[first lieutenant]]. After the war he worked in a variety of state and local government positions and also became active with the [[American Legion]]. In 1930 he won election as Minnesota State Auditor, a position he held for ten terms. During [[World War II]] he left his position on an unpaid leave of absence to serve as a [[lieutenant colonel]] with the [[United States Air Force]].{{cite web|url=http://archive.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sos/film/pdf/9046.pdf|website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|title=Letter to Secretary of State Mike Holm from Stafford King, March 30th, 1942|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055451/http://archive.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sos/film/pdf/9046.pdf|url-status=dead}} |
During [[World War I]] King served in the army, first as an [[enlisted soldier]] on the Mexican border and later as a [[first lieutenant]]. After the war he worked in a variety of state and local government positions and also became active with the [[American Legion]]. In 1930 he won election as Minnesota State Auditor, a position he held for ten terms. During [[World War II]] he left his position on an unpaid leave of absence to serve as a [[lieutenant colonel]] with the [[United States Air Force]].{{cite web|url=http://archive.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sos/film/pdf/9046.pdf|website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|title=Letter to Secretary of State Mike Holm from Stafford King, March 30th, 1942|access-date=August 18, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055451/http://archive.leg.state.mn.us/archive/sos/film/pdf/9046.pdf|url-status=dead}} |
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Between his political connections as state auditor and his social connections through various civic and community organizations, King made several attempts to win higher office |
Between his political connections as state auditor and his social connections through various civic and community organizations, King made several attempts to win higher office ,most notably running in the Republican primaries for governor against [[Luther Youngdahl]] in 1948 and against [[C. Elmer Anderson]] in 1952. King's campaign against Youngdahl was centered around deregulation of certain industries, notably a campaign to attempt to legalize [[gambling]]. King called the ban an “insidious encroachment of centralized authority upon local, county and state's rights.”{{cite news|last=Parlin|first=L.D.|title=Auditor's Surprise Move Sets Stage For Hot Campaign|publisher=St. Paul Pioneer Press|date=August 6, 1948|url=https://newspaperhub.mnhs.org/?a=d&d=sppp19480806.1.1&srpos=6&e=------194-en-20--1--img-txIN-youngdahl----1948-------}} |
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King retired from office in 1969, and died just over a year later in 1970.{{cite news|title=Stafford King, Former State Auditor, Dies|work=Fergus Falls Daily Journal|date=August 22, 1970}} |
King retired from office in 1969, and died just over a year later in 1970.{{cite news|title=Stafford King, Former State Auditor, Dies|work=Fergus Falls Daily Journal|date=August 22, 1970}} |
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