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/>January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marlene_Johnson" title="Marlene Johnson">Marlene Johnson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Al Quie</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arne_Carlson" title="Arne Carlson">Arne Carlson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 29, 1976 – January 4, 1979</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alec_G._Olson" title="Alec G. Olson">Alec G. Olson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson" title="Wendell R. Anderson">Wendell R. Anderson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al_Quie" title="Al Quie">Al Quie</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">39th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 1971 – December 29, 1976</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data">Wendell R. Anderson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_B._Goetz" title="James B. Goetz">James B. Goetz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alec_G._Olson" title="Alec G. Olson">Alec G. Olson</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">Minnesota Senate</a></span><br />from the 63rd district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 8, 1963 – January 4, 1971</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Peter_Peterson" title="Elmer Peter Peterson">Elmer Peter Peterson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_F._Perpich" title="George F. Perpich">George F. Perpich</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Rudolph George Prpić</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-06-27</span>)</span>June 27, 1928<br /><a href="/wiki/Hibbing,_Minnesota" title="Hibbing, Minnesota">Carson Lake, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 21, 1995<span style="display:none">(1995-09-21)</span> (aged 67)<br /><a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic%E2%80%93Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party">DFL</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Delores "Lola" Perpich</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_North_College_%E2%80%93_Hibbing" title="Minnesota North College – Hibbing">Hibbing Junior College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marquette_University" title="Marquette University">Marquette University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Dental_Surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of Dental Surgery">DDS</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Dentist</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg/43px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1946–1948</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rudolph George Perpich Sr.</b> (born <b>Rudolph George Prpić</b>; June 27, 1928 –  September 21, 1995) was an American politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">governor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> from 1976 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party</a>, he is labeled as Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">34th and 36th</a> governor. He was also the state's only Roman Catholic governor and the only one to serve non-consecutive terms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rudolph George Prpić was born in Carson Lake, Minnesota, which is now part of <a href="/wiki/Hibbing,_Minnesota" title="Hibbing, Minnesota">Hibbing</a>. His father, Anton Prpić, was a miner who had immigrated to Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/Mesabi_Range" title="Mesabi Range">Mesabi Iron Range</a> from <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, and his mother, Mary (Vukelich),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American of <a href="/wiki/Croats" title="Croats">Croatian descent</a>. Perpich did not learn to speak English until at least the first grade of elementary school. At 14, he began working for the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(U.S.)" title="Great Northern Railway (U.S.)">Great Northern Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilman_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilman-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He graduated from Hibbing High School in 1946 and served two years in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. He then attended <a href="/wiki/Marquette_University" title="Marquette University">Marquette University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a> and graduated from Marquette University Dental School in 1954, and returned to Hibbing to practice dentistry. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Entry_into_politics">Entry into politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Entry into politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perpich first entered politics by serving on the Hibbing <a href="/wiki/School_board" class="mw-redirect" title="School board">school board</a> in 1955–1956. The board gained notability for instituting <a href="/wiki/Equal_pay_for_equal_work" title="Equal pay for equal work">equal pay</a> for male and female workers. In 1962, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">Minnesota Senate</a>, representing the old 63rd District, which included portions of <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Minnesota" title="St. Louis County, Minnesota">Saint Louis County</a> in the northeastern part of the state. He was reelected in 1966. </p><p>In 1970, Perpich was elected the 39th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant governor of Minnesota">lieutenant governor of Minnesota</a>. He was reelected in 1974 on a <a href="/wiki/Ticket_(election)" title="Ticket (election)">ticket</a> with Governor <a href="/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson" title="Wendell R. Anderson">Wendell R. Anderson</a>. (Before 1974, the governor and lieutenant governor were elected separately in Minnesota.) He became governor when Anderson resigned in 1976 to accept appointment to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> seat vacated by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>, who had been elected <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a>. Perpich was the first Iron Range resident to hold the office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gubernatorial_campaigns">Gubernatorial campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gubernatorial campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the statewide <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">DFL Party</a> ticket was defeated in <a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1978</a>; the defeated candidates included Perpich, the candidates for both <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seats, and Auditor Robert Mattson. Anderson's arrangement to have himself appointed to the Senate and Perpich's role in that appointment were deemed major factors in those defeats. </p><p>Perpich worked at <a href="/wiki/Control_Data_Corporation" title="Control Data Corporation">Control Data Corporation</a> in New York and <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> for several years. In <a href="/wiki/1982_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1982</a>, he challenged the DFL Party's endorsed candidate for governor, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Spannaus" title="Warren Spannaus">Warren Spannaus</a>, in the primary election, and won. He then defeated Independent-Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Wheelock_Whitney,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Wheelock Whitney, Jr.">Wheelock Whitney</a> in the general election. Perpich served as the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_Governors_Association" title="Midwestern Governors Association">Midwestern Governors Association</a> in 1984. </p><p>Perpich was reelected in 1986, but lost to <a href="/wiki/Arne_H._Carlson" class="mw-redirect" title="Arne H. Carlson">Arne Carlson</a> in 1990, a bizarre campaign in which Carlson replaced the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Independent-Republican Party's</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Jon_Grunseth" title="Jon Grunseth">Jon Grunseth</a>, who had beaten Carlson in the <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a>. (After Carlson's surprise primary defeat, a bipartisan, grassroots group, Minnesotans for the WRITE Choice, launched a noisy, media-intensive campaign urging Carlson to re-challenge Grunseth.) Grunseth was forced to withdraw amid allegations of a <a href="/wiki/Sex_scandal" title="Sex scandal">sex scandal</a> just two weeks before the election. Perpich was Minnesota's last DFL governor until <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dayton" title="Mark Dayton">Mark Dayton</a> took office in 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colorful_behavior_and_international_goals">Colorful behavior and international goals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Colorful behavior and international goals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Perpich had a reputation for colorful behavior. At one point while governor, he donated his $25,000 pay raise to help promote <a href="/wiki/Bocce" title="Bocce">bocce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also pitched an idea for a <a href="/wiki/Chopstick" class="mw-redirect" title="Chopstick">chopstick</a> factory to be built in northern Minnesota, and proposed selling the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Governor%27s_Mansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Governor's Mansion">governor's mansion</a> in Saint Paul as a cost-saving measure. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a></i> brought Perpich national attention by bestowing on him the nickname "Governor Goofy", crystallizing the combination of affection and resentment his habits elicited.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his last years in office, commentators wondered whether he would shoot to stardom as a <a href="/wiki/POTUS" class="mw-redirect" title="POTUS">presidential</a> hopeful or, as governor, sour Minnesota voters on the DFL party with questionable public relations. But Perpich's activist vision of the governor's role was later cited as an important contribution to the Minnesota economy, even by such unlikely admirers as his 1990 rival and successor <a href="/wiki/Arne_Carlson" title="Arne Carlson">Arne Carlson</a>, who said in 2005 that Perpich "was the first person that I was aware of to focus on the international role that states are going to have to play." </p><p>Perpich's legacy of projects in Minnesota include the <a href="/wiki/Wells_Fargo_Place" title="Wells Fargo Place">Minnesota World Trade Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Perpich_Center_for_Arts_Education" title="Perpich Center for Arts Education">Perpich Center for Arts Education</a> in <a href="/wiki/Golden_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Golden Valley, Minnesota">Golden Valley</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Victims_of_Torture" title="Center for Victims of Torture">Center for Victims of Torture</a> in Minneapolis, the University of Minnesota Duluth <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Research_Institute" title="Natural Resources Research Institute">Natural Resources Research Institute</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Mall_of_America" title="Mall of America">Mall of America</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Minnesota" title="Bloomington, Minnesota">Bloomington</a>. Additionally, he worked to promote Minnesota on the international stage by traveling to 17 countries in 1984, and bringing the foreign leaders <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" title="Mikhail Gorbachev">Mikhail Gorbachev</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and Dr. <a href="/wiki/Franjo_Tudjman" class="mw-redirect" title="Franjo Tudjman">Franjo Tuđman</a> of Croatia to the state in 1990. </p><p>Perpich opposed the Reagan <a href="/wiki/Proxy_war" title="Proxy war">proxy war</a> against <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> in the 1980s and was one of several governors who objected to sending their <a href="/wiki/National_Guard_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="National Guard of the United States">National Guard</a> units to train in U.S. bases in <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>, where the U.S.-backed <a href="/wiki/Contras" title="Contras">Contras</a> were based. The Contras carried out atrocities in Nicaragua to topple the leftist government there.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perpich was the plaintiff in the 1990 <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> case <i><a href="/wiki/Perpich_v._Department_of_Defense" title="Perpich v. Department of Defense">Perpich v. Department of Defense</a>,</i> which established that the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Defense">U.S. Department of Defense</a> could send state National Guard units overseas over the governor's objection. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-political_life">Post-political life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-political life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving office in 1991, Perpich went to <a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a>, Croatia, to assist its post-communist government. In 1992 he moved to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, France, for a business consulting position. He returned to Minnesota in 1993. In 1995, at the age of 67, Perpich died of colon cancer in the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/Minnetonka,_Minnesota" title="Minnetonka, Minnesota">Minnetonka</a>. He is buried in <a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery" title="Lakewood Cemetery">Lakewood Cemetery</a> in Minneapolis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perpich_Center_for_Arts_Education" title="Perpich Center for Arts Education">Perpich Center for Arts Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_roads_in_St._Louis_County,_Minnesota#4" class="mw-redirect" title="County roads in St. Louis County, Minnesota">Saint Louis County Road 4 – Governor Rudy Perpich Memorial Drive</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMullaney1994" class="citation web cs1">Mullaney, Marie Marmo (January 31, 1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.org/details/biographicaldire0000mull">"Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1988-1994"</a>. 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March 10, 1988.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Why+Are+We+in+Honduras%3F&rft.date=1988-03-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagoreader.com%2Fchicago%2Fwhy-are-we-in-honduras%2FContent%3Foid%3D871883&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARudy+Perpich" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.potowmack.org/">"Potow Mack"</a>. <i>Potow Mack</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Potow+Mack&rft.atitle=Potow+Mack&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.potowmack.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARudy+Perpich" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990117014921/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1302/perpich.html">Rudy Perpich: Detailed chronological biography and reference site</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rudy_Perpich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10522">Rudy Perpich</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/">Minnesota Legislators Past & Present</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reocities.com/Heartland/1302/perpich.html">In Memoriam Gov. Rudy Perpich (1928–1995)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/perpich.html">Rudy Perpich Biography on croatianhistory.net</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/22/obituaries/rudy-perpich-67-led-minnesota-for-10-years.html">New York Times Obituary: September 22, 1995</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5143">Rudy Perpich</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mnopedia.org/person/perpich-rudy-1928-1995">Rudy Perpich in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?3409">Appearances</a> on <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_B._Goetz" title="James B. Goetz">James B. Goetz</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br />1971–1976 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alec_G._Olson" title="Alec G. Olson">Alec G. Olson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson" title="Wendell R. Anderson">Wendell R. Anderson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br />1976–1979 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Al_Quie" title="Al Quie">Al Quie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Al Quie</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br />1983–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arne_Carlson" title="Arne Carlson">Arne Carlson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Short" title="Bob Short">Bob Short</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1970_Minnesota_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election" title="1970 Minnesota lieutenant gubernatorial election">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1974 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1974</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Alec_G._Olson" title="Alec G. Olson">Alec G. Olson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson" title="Wendell R. Anderson">Wendell R. Anderson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate,<br />Minnesota DFL State Convention</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1978</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Spannaus" title="Warren Spannaus">Warren Spannaus</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party">DFL nominee for</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1978_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1978</a>, <a 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