romney

1Early life and background

2Missionary work
3Early career, marriage and children
4Automotive industry representative
5American Motors Corporation chief executive
6Local church and civic leadership
7Governor of Michigan
81968 presidential campaign
9Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
10Public service, volunteerism, and final years
11Legacy
12Authored books
13See also
14References George W. Romney
15Bibliography
16Further reading
17External links
3rd United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Early life and background[edit]
In office
January 22, 1969 January 20, 1973
See also: Romney family and Pratt family
President Richard Nixon
Preceded by Robert Coldwell Wood
George with his mother, Anna Amelia Pratt Romney, in Mexico in 1908
Succeeded by James Thomas Lynn
43rd Governor
Gaskell Romney, sitting, and family, of Michigan
of Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, c. 1908. Son George is fourth from the left.

Romney's grandparents In office

were polygamous Mormons who fled the U
January 1, 1963 January 22, 1969
Romney's
Lieutenant parents, Gaskell Romney (18711955) and Anna Amelia
William Milliken
Preceded by John Swainson
The Mexican
Succeeded by
Revolution broke out in 1910 and the Mormon colonie
William Milliken
In the United States, PersonalRomney
details grew up in humble circumstances. T [19]

Born George Wilcken Romney

The family in Idaho in 1921, visiting the grave of8,George's
July 1907 younger brother Lawrence, who died that year of rheumatic fever. [24] George

In 1913, the family moved to Oakley, Idaho, and bought a farm, whe
Colonia Dubln, Mexico
Died July 26, 1995 (aged 88)
George started working in wheat
Bloomfield and
Hills, Michigan, U.S. sugar beet fields at the age o

In Salt Lake City, Romney

Political party
worked while attending Roosevelt Junior
Unaffiliated (Before 1959)
Republican (19591995)
Partly
Spouse(s) to stay near Lenore,
Lenore LaFount Romney
(m. 1931)[22] spent the next year as a junio
Children
Missionary work[edit] 4 (including Scott and Mitt)
After becoming an elder, Romney earned enough money working to
In February 1927, he was shifted to Edinburgh and in February 192