Adrian Paul Winkel (April 19, 1915 – November 29, 1994) was an American politician and High Commissioner of the

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. Born in

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, Winkel graduated from

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. He then taught high school in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He worked with the Minnesota Commissioner of Taxation, the public works department of

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and the

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. Winkel also served as an administrative assistant to Congressmen

Eugene McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, writer, and academic from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. ...

and Philip Burton. He was also chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. He served as High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1977–1981.'Nomination of Adrian Paul Winkel-High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,' Public Papers of the President of the United States Jimmy Carter, Book 1, January 20 to June 24, 1977, pg. 705

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1915 births 1994 deaths People from Breckenridge, Minnesota Minnesota Democrats High Commissioners of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University alumni {{Minnesota-politician-stub