On this Date in Minnesota History: November 17

November 17, 1863 – Winfield Scott Hammond, the 18th governor of Minnesota, was born on this date in Southborough, Massachusetts. Hammond had been in office only eight months when he suffered ptomaine poisoning on a trip south and died of a stroke, aged 52, in Clinton, Louisiana. He died on December 30, 1915, the second governor to die while in office.

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Gov. Winfield Scott Hammond
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