Hector Ames Hanson (May 29, 1904 – September 20, 1993) was an American farmer and politician. Hanson was born in

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. He went to the Fertile Public Schools and to the Northwest School of Agriculture (now

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) in

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. Hanson lived in

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, with his wife and family and was a farmer. Hanson served in the

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from 1941 to 1944.Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Hector Ames Hanson
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1904 births 1993 deaths People from Polk County, Minnesota University of Minnesota Crookston alumni Farmers from Minnesota Members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-stub