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FRENZEL, William Eldridge
1928–2014
Concise Biography
FRENZEL, William Eldridge, a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., July 31, 1928; educated at the St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minn.; B.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1950; M.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1951; United States Naval Reserve, Korean Theater, 1951-1954; president, Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Co., 1966-1970; executive committee, Hennepin County, Minn., 1966-1967; member of the Minnesota state house of representatives, 1962-1970; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1991); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990; died on November 17, 2014, in McLean, Va.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
Papers:
1962-2013, 275 cubic feet.
The papers of William Eldridge Frenzel include Congressional office files (1970-1992), focusing particularly on foreign trade, tariffs, taxation, the federal budget, and election law. Also included are files documenting Frenzel's tenure as a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (ca. 1990-2013), particularly his efforts to secure passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); a few personal files; and a small amount of material from his service in the Minnesota house of representatives. A finding aid is available online. Restricted.
University of Oklahoma
The Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive, Department of Communication
Norman, OK
Sound tape reels:
1972-1986, 8 commercials on 1 sound tape reel.
The commercials were used during William Eldridge Frenzel's campaigns for the 1972 and 1986 U.S. congressional elections in District 3 of Minnesota, Republican Party.
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