Montana’s 19th governor, Ted Schwinden, has died at 98 years old due to old age. Schwinden was known for listing his phone number to the public and answering it.
Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and World War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed during two terms as Montana's governor, has died. He was 98. Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter's home, son Dore Schwinden said Monday. The cause of death was 'old age,' his son said: 'He went to sleep in the afternoon and didn’t wake up.' Ted Schwinden was a Democrat who served as Montana’s 19th governor from 1981 and 1989.
He and his wife, Jean, opened the governor’s mansion to the public for the first time and often welcomed the public tours in person. The governor periodically drew national attention because he answered his own, listed telephone. Radio talk shows throughout the nation would call him at home for impromptu interviews. 'When Ted was on the phone, it was impossible to tell if he was talking to the governor of Oregon or a custodian at the Capitol.
He served on the local school board then in the state legislature, including as House minority whip in 1961, before becoming president of the Montana Grain Growers Association. He was named commissioner of state lands and then elected lieutenant governor under Gov. Thomas Judge in 1976. Four years later, saying Judge had 'run out of steam' Schwinden successfully challenged Judge in the 1980 Democratic primary before going on to win the general election.
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Ted Schwinden, who served two terms as Montana governor, dies at age 98Former Montana Gov. Ted Schwinden, a wheat farmer and Word War II veteran who gained national attention for keeping his home phone number listed during his two terms in office, has died. The Democrat was 98. Schwinden died Saturday in Phoenix at his daughter’s home. His son Dore Schwinden said the cause of death was old age. Ted Schwinden was born on a farm in Wolf Point and served as a local school board member and state legislator before being elected Montana’s 19th governor. He served from 19
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