Monrad Wallgren
Member of theFederal Power Commission
In office November 2, 1949 – October 1, 1951
President	Harry S. Truman
13thGovernor of Washington
In office January 10, 1945 – January 12, 1949
Lieutenant	Victor A. Meyers
Preceded by	Arthur B. Langlie
Succeeded by	Arthur B. Langlie
United States Senator fromWashington
In office December 19, 1940 – January 9, 1945
Preceded by	Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Succeeded by	Hugh Mitchell
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromWashington's2nd district
In office March 4, 1933 – December 19, 1940
Preceded by	Lindley H. Hadley
Succeeded by	Henry M. Jackson
Personal details
Born	Monrad Charles Wallgren (1891-04-17)April 17, 1891 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 18, 1961(1961-09-18) (aged 70) Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Washington Army National Guard
Years of service	1917–1919, 1921–1922
Rank	First Lieutenant
Unit	United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, 161st Infantry Regiment (United States)
Battles/wars	World War I

Monrad Charles Wallgren (April 17, 1891 – September 18, 1961) was an American politician who served as the13th governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in theUnited States House of Representatives and theUnited States Senate.

Wallgren, ofSwedish descent, was born inDes Moines, Iowa in 1891. His family moved toTexas in 1894 and then toEverett, Washington in 1901.^[1] He attended public schools and business college in Everett, graduating from the Washington State School of Optometry inSpokane, Washington in 1914. He worked in retailjewelry andoptometry from 1915 to 1932, as well as serving in the WashingtonNational Guard from 1917 to 1919 and 1921 to 1922. He was an outstanding player ofcarom billiards.^[2]

In 1932, Wallgren ran for election to theUnited States House of Representatives as aDemocrat. He defeated incumbentRepublicanAlbert Johnson, and took office in the73rd United States Congress on March 4, 1933. Near the end of his fourth term in 1940, Wallgren ran forUnited States Senate to replace fellow DemocratLewis B. Schwellenbach, who was retiring to accept a judicial nomination. Wallgren won the election, and was also appointed to finish the rest of Schwellenbach's term. He took office on December 19, 1940.

While Wallgren served portions of two different terms (the end of Schwellenbach's and the one that Wallgren was elected to), he served less than 6 years in the Senate. In 1944, he successfully ran forGovernor of Washington against incumbentRepublicanArthur B. Langlie, resigning from the Senate on January 9, 1945 to serve as governor from then until 1949. He was defeated for re-election as governor by Langlie in 1948,^[3] and was nominated byPresidentHarry Truman as the chairman of theNational Security Resources Board. That nomination was later withdrawn, and Wallgren served as chairman of theFederal Power Commission in 1950 and 1951.^[4] He then retired from public service.

In 1961, Wallgren died of complications resulting from a traffic accident.^[5]

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