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July 8th, 2021: George W. Romney

1h 18m · Wikipedia Daily: Featured Articles · 08 Jul 04:00

George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was a businessman and Republican Party politician in the United States. He was chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973. He was the father of Mitt Romney, the 70th Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and current United States Senator from Utah; the husband of 1970 U.S. Senate candidate Lenore Romney; and the grandfather of current Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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July 8th, 2021: George W. Romney

George Wilcken Romney (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was a businessman and Republican Party politician in the United States. He was chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, the 43rd Governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1969, and 3rd Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1969 to 1973. He was the father of Mitt Romney, the 70th Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, and current United States Senator from Utah; the husband of 1970 U.S. Senate candidate Lenore Romney; and the grandfather of current Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Romney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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