Nelson G. Kraschel

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Nelson G Kraschel (October 27, 1889 - March 15, 1957) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He was born on a farm near Macon, Illinois in 1889 and died in Harlan, Iowa in 1957.

In 1910, at the age of twenty-one, he moved to Harlan, Iowa to farm and raise livestock. Kraschel later became a livestock auctioneer. In 1932, he was placed on the Democratic Party ticket for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. He won the election and was re-elected in 1934. In 1937, he became the second Democratic Party Governor of Iowa of the 20th Century. Kraschel was an ardent supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace, and the New Deal. He was also involved in other political campaigns, such as the Guy Gillette vs. Otha Wearin senatorial contest.

Preceded by Clyde L. Herring	Governor of Iowa January 14, 1937 – January 12, 1939	Succeeded by George A. Wilson

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