Leo Hoegh
| Leo Hoegh | |
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| Director of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization | |
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In office July 1, 1958 – January 20, 1961 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John S. Patterson (Acting) |
| Administrator of the Federal Civil Defense Administration | |
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In office July 19, 1957 – July 1, 1958 |
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| President | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Lewis Berry (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| 33rd Governor of Iowa | |
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In office January 13, 1955 – January 17, 1957 |
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| Lieutenant | Leo Elthon |
| Preceded by | Leo Elthon |
| Succeeded by | Herschel C. Loveless |
| Attorney General of Iowa | |
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In office February 1953 – January 13, 1955 |
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| Governor |
William S. Beardsley Leo Elthon |
| Preceded by | Robert L. Larson |
| Succeeded by | Dayton Countryman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Leo Arthur Hoegh March 30, 1908 Audubon, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | July 15, 2000 (aged 92) Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Iowa (BA, LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Unit | 104th Infantry Division |
| Awards |
Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster) Croix de Guerre (with palm) Legion of Honour |
Leo Arthur Hoegh (pronounced hoyg; March 30, 1908 – July 15, 2000) was a decorated U.S. Army officer, lawyer, and politician served as the 33rd Governor of Iowa from 1955 to 1957.
His record of public service included important contributions to his home state and to his country. His career in elective office came to an early end, after his willingness to raise taxes to jump-start improvements to Iowa's roads and schools alienated his conservative Republican allies, and handed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Herschel C. Loveless an issue to exploit.
Hoegh's grandfather, Nels Peder Hoegh, left a farm in Denmark in 1866 to search for gold in Colorado. He invested much of his newfound fortune in farmland in Audubon County, Iowa, became a community leader, and upon his death left separate farms for each of his thirteen children.
When Leo was born to Nels' son William in 1908, the household spoke Danish, and it was not until Leo attended school that he began to speak English. While his father ran a bank in nearby Elk Horn, Iowa, Leo decided to become a lawyer. He received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Iowa in 1929, where he distinguished himself as a captain of the water polo team and as the founding president of Gamma Nu Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha. He lettered in swimming and was selected for membership in A.F.I., forerunner to the national honor society, Omicron Delta Kappa. As Leo graduated from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1932, his father sold all of his assets in an unsuccessful effort to prevent the Elk Horn bank from failing. Leo started private practice in Chariton, the county seat of Lucas County in south central Iowa.
In 1936, Hoegh was elected as a Republican to the first of his three terms in the Iowa House of Representatives, where he exhibited leadership and rose successively to become Republican Floor Leader and chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He also developed "a solid, orthodox reputation as an unrelenting penny pincher."
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