Brian Schweitzer
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Brian David Schweitzer is an American farmer and politician who served as the 23rd governor of Montana from 2005 to 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as
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Governor Brian Schweitzer campaigning in Billings, Montana for Jon Tester in September 2006
Schweitzer speaks during the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Lawrence Welk
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Lawrence Welk was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and family-friendly style, a
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…in the Odesa Oblast (then in Russian Empire, now in Ukraine); his maternal grandparents were Irish. He is a first cousin, once removed, of entertainer Lawrence Welk (Schweitzer's paternal grandmother was Welk's aunt). Following his high school years at Holy Cross Abbey, Canon City, Colorado in 1973, Schweitzer…
Welk with his accordion, 1956
Welk in Chicago, 1944
Lawrence Welk with War Bond officials during a c. 1943 event in Chicago.
Welk with Norma Zimmer in 1961.