Walter "Wally" R. Hanson (March 26, 1931 – August 7, 2014) was an American politician. Born in

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...

, Hanson served in the

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during the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

. He went to

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

. Hanson worked for Great Northern/Burling Northern Railroad and was an accountant. He served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

from 1971 to 1982 and was a member of the Democratic Party. He died in

Cottage Grove, Minnesota Cottage Grove is a city south of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul in Washington County, Minnesota, Washington County in the U.S. state, state of Minnesota. It lies on the north bank of the Mississippi River, north of the confluence with the ...

which was his home town.Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Walter R. Hanson
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1931 births 2014 deaths People from Cottage Grove, Minnesota Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota University of Minnesota alumni Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Military personnel from Minnesota United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Democratic-stub