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unusual facts about Floyd B. Odlum



Daniel F. Steck

In November 1935, Steck was jokingly appointed by Iowa Governor Clyde Herring as one of his counsel, along with Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson, to defend him against a citizen's criminal complaint filed against Herring for unlawful gambling.

Floyd B. Olson

Olson last made a public appearance on June 29, 1936, giving a stump speech in Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis.

Shortly after Olson died, Minnesota State Highway 55 (a highway that was then being constructed) was renamed the "Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway" in his honor.

Floyd B. Parks

He was promoted to the rank of Major on 8 May 1942, and given command of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Twenty One (VMF-221) during the Battle of Midway.

He remained in that assignment until March 1942, when he joined the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in San Diego, for deployment to Midway.

Golden Checkerboard

Thereafter McKay asked industrialist Floyd B. Odlum (former president of Atlas Corp. and husband of Jacqueline Cochran) to investigate the affairs of the Agua Caliente Indians.

Harry H. Peterson

He was elected Ramsey County Attorney to serve 1923–1924 and subsequently served as the Minnesota Attorney General during the Farmer-Labor administration of Floyd B. Olson, 1933–1936.

Martin A. Nelson

Nelson obtained the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1934 and 1936, but lost both general elections to Floyd B. Olson and Elmer A. Benson, respectively.

Salisbury, Missouri

Floyd B. Parks -- U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway.


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