Orville Freeman Autographs
Orville Lothrop Freeman (May 9, 1918 – February 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 29th governor of Minnesota from 1955 to 1961, and as the U.S. secretary of agriculture from 1961 to 1969 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He was one of the founding members of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party and influential in the merger of the Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties. Freeman nominated Kennedy for president at the 1960 Democratic National Convention.
Freeman was born on May 9, 1918, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Orville and Frances (Schroeder) Freeman. His grandfather had emigrated from Sweden to a farm in rural Zumbrota, Minnesota. He attended Central High School in Minneapolis. In 1940, Freeman graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Minnesota, where he was a reserve quarterback on the football team and where he met his lifelong friend and political ally Hubert Humphrey. He also met his wife, Jane Charlotte Shields, in college. They married on May 2, 1942, and had two children.
Figuring that the United States would eventually become involved in World War II, Freeman signed up for the Marine Reserve in 1940 with the understanding he could finish law school before he fulfilled his required service. The attack on Pearl Harbor ended that arrangement, and on December 31, 1941, he received orders to report to Officer Candidate School at Marine Corps Base Quantico.
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Current items with a signature of Orville Freeman
These are the most current items with a signature of Orville Freeman that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Orville Freeman Signed Autograph 3x5 Index Card! JFK Secretary Of Agriculture! | $25.00 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Orville Freeman
The most expensive item with a signature of Orville Freeman (Orville Freeman Minnesota Governor Signed Cover DC4830) was sold in July 2026 for $39.99 while the cheapest item (Secretary Transportation Orville Freeman Pre-Print Autograph Signed Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2015 with an average selling price of $2.99 for an autographed item of Orville Freeman. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2015 with $24.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2010. In average, an autographed item from Orville Freeman is worth $4.73.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Orville Freeman were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1964 SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE ORVILLE FREEMAN SIGNED FDC #1246 IN MEMORIAM JFK | $3.00 |  |
| Kennedy Secretary Agriculture Orville Freeman Hand Signed Autograph Ephemera | $4.99 | |
| Kennedy Secretary Agriculture Orville Freeman Hand Signed Autograph Ephemera 2 | $4.99 | |
| Kennedy Secretary Agriculture Orville Freeman Signed Autograph First Day Cover 2 | $3.26 | |
| Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman Autograph Signed 1956 Ike Cachet Postal Cover | $9.95 | |
| Orville Freeman - Secretary of Agriculture - Autographed Kennedy Cabinet Cover | $8.50 | |
| Orville Freeman 29th Governor of Minnesota Hand Signed State Seal Page | $9.38 | |
| ORVILLE FREEMAN Signed Autograph / SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Minnesota Governor | $9.95 | |
| Orville Freeman Signed Photo Secretary of Agriculture for JFK | $16.99 | |
| Orville Freeman was an American Democratic Hand Signed Letter Secretary of Agric | $1.25 | |
| Orville Freeman was an American Democratic politician Hand Signed Photo | $5.50 | |
| Orville Freeman was an American politician Hand Signed Photo 29th Governor of Mn | $9.48 | |
| Secretary Transportation Orville Freeman Pre-Print Autograph Signed Card | $0.99 | |
| US Clinton Anderson Ezra Benson Orville Freeman autographs signed FDC #3290 | $7.52 | |
| US Orville Freeman Governor politician autographed signed FDC Minnesota ID#3257 | $4.47 | |
