Douglas M. Head

Douglas Michael Head (April 14, 1930 – February 2, 2011) was an American politician and 25th Attorney General of Minnesota.

This article is about the Minnesota politician. For the geographic location, see Douglas Head.

Douglas M. Head
25th Attorney General of Minnesota
In office
January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971
GovernorHarold LeVander
Preceded byRobert W. Mattson, Sr.
Succeeded byWarren Spannaus
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
1961–1964
Personal details
Born(1930-04-14)April 14, 1930
Minneapolis, Minnesota
DiedFebruary 2, 2011(2011-02-02) (aged 80)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionAttorney, Businessman

Early life and education

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Head graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and an LL.B. from the University of Minnesota Law School, where he graduated in 1956 along with classmate and also future Attorney General Walter Mondale.[1]

Career

Passing the bar in 1957, he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives and served from 1961 to 1964. He was elected Attorney General in 1966 and assumed office on January 2, 1967, serving until January 4, 1971. To date, he is the last Republican elected Attorney General of Minnesota.

Head was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in the 1970 election, losing to the DFL nominee, Wendell Anderson. In 1971, along with former Minnesota Solicitor General Jerome D. Truhn, he co-founded the law firm of Head & Truhn (now Head, Seifert & Vander Weide).

Head died on February 2, 2011, from natural causes at his home in Minneapolis. He was 80 years old.[2]

References
  1. Corrine Charais, Political Action Among Alumni Archived November 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Perspectives, Spring 2007 (page 18).
  2. "Doug Head, former state attorney general". Star Tribune. February 4, 2011. Archived from the original on February 11, 2011.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Harold LeVander		 Republican nominee for Governor of Minnesota
1970		 Succeeded by
John Warren Johnson
Legal offices
Preceded by
Robert W. Mattson, Sr.		 Minnesota Attorney General
1967–1971		 Succeeded by
Warren Spannaus


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