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'''Robert Selmer Bergland''' was born in [[Roseau, Minnesota]], on [[July 22]] [[1928]]. He grew up on a farm (where he still lives) near Roseau. He became an official with the [[United States Department of Agriculture ]] from 1963 go 1968. He was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1971 to 1977. In 1977 he was appointed [[Secretary of Agriculture]] by [[Jimmy Carter]]. |
'''Robert Selmer Bergland''' was born in [[Roseau, Minnesota]], on [[July 22]] [[1928]]. He grew up on a farm (where he still lives) near Roseau. He became an official with the [[United States Department of Agriculture ]] from 1963 go 1968. He was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1971 to 1977. In 1977 he was appointed [[Secretary of Agriculture]] by [[Jimmy Carter]]. |
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Robert Selmer Bergland was born in Roseau, Minnesota, on July 22 1928. He grew up on a farm (where he still lives) near Roseau. He became an official with the United States Department of Agriculture from 1963 go 1968. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977. In 1977 he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture by Jimmy Carter.
At the end of the Carter administration in 1981, he became the chairman of Farmland World Trade until 1982 when he became the vice president and general manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association. In that capacity he lobbied both congress and regulatory agencies on behalf of Cooperatives in the electricity business. He retired in 1994.
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