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House 1973-74 (District 40A)

Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus

Counties Served: Hennepin

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 9/28/1935

Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Birth County: Hennepin

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death:

Gender: Female

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

Former Name: Anderson

City of Residence (when first elected): Minnetonka

Occupation (when first elected): Former Teacher

EDUCATION

St. Francis Elementary School; Elementary School;
Buffalo High School; Secondary;
St. Cloud State College; B.S.; Teaching, 1956
University of Minnesota; Attended Graduate School; Graduate Work, Special Education Certificate

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

State Board/Commission/Council: Minnesota State Board of Investment; 19?? to 19??

State Secretary of State: Minnesota; 01/06/1975 to 01/03/1999 [Elected]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Divorced (in the early 1960s); Glen H. Growe (remarried in the late 1960s)
Children: Four children: Michael, Colleen, David "Dave", and Patrick
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

She ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor endorsed candidate for the United States Senate in the 1984 election. She lost to Rudy Boschwitz.

She was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

When she was elected Minnesota Secretary of State, she became the first woman to be elected to a Minnesota statewide office without having been appointed first.

Her father served as Mayor of Buffalo, Minnesota.

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Total Days Served: 735

SESSIONS SERVED

68th Legislative Session (1973-1974)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/2/1973

Body: House

District: 40A

Elected: 11/7/1972

Residence: Minnetonka

Term of Office: 1/1/1973 to 1/5/1975
Oath Date: 1/2/1973

Counties Represented: Hennepin

Occupation: Former Teacher

Party: Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus

Committees:

Crime Prevention and Corrections
Education
Judiciary
Metropolitan and Urban Affairs

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OTHER INFORMATION

Articles & Books About

Donovan, Sandy. "Growe Steps from One House Term to Six Terms as Secretary of State." Session Weekly, St. Paul: Minnesota House of Representatives Information Office, March 6, 1998, p. 4.

Articles & Books By

Joan Ruth Growe Profile, 1974?

News Sources

The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.

These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

Video

Women Making Change (Documentary). Minnesota: Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) and American Association of University Women, Red Wing Branch, Original Broadcast Date: September 25, 2011., . - "Stories of vision and courage from women in Minnesota politics over the past century, leading and inspiring others." Includes former legislators Coya Knutson, Joan Growe, Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Sandy Wollschlager, and Laura Brod (mentions Mee Moua).

Archive Collections

Joan Growe Papers, 1936, 1973-1998 (Available in the Minnesota Historical Society's Collections)

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