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Chester Bowles

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In full:
Chester Bliss Bowles
Born:
April 5, 1901, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:
May 25, 1986, Sussex, Connecticut (aged 85)
Title / Office:
governor (1949-1951), Connecticut
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
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Chester Bowles (born April 5, 1901, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 25, 1986, Sussex, Connecticut) was an American advertising entrepreneur, public official, and noted liberal politician. After graduating from Yale University in 1924, Bowles worked for a year as a reporter and then took a job in 1925 as an advertising copywriter. With William Benton he established the successful advertising company of Benton and Bowles in 1929, selling his multimillion-dollar interest in it in 1941, when he took a position in the state wartime rationing administration under the governor of Connecticut. He became that state’s director of price administration and in ...(100 of 290 words)

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