Paul Franzenburg (November 18, 1916 – October 31, 2004) was an American politician and businessman.

Biography

Franzenburg was born in

Conrad, Iowa Conrad is a city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,093 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Waterloo– Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. Conrad holds the honor of being known as the "Black Dirt Capital of ...

and graduated from Pierson High School. He help organized the school band. Franzenburg served in the

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during

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. He was involved with the family business: The Franzenburg Provision Company, a meat processing business. Franzenburg served on the Conrad Board of Education and was a

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. He served as

Treasurer of Iowa The Treasurer of State of Iowa is the state treasurer of the Government of Iowa, United States. The office is provided for by the Constitution of Iowa, which requires that the officeholder be elected every four years, simultaneously with the re ...

from 1965 to 1969. In 1968, he ran for

Governor of Iowa A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

, being defeated by incumbent Governor

Robert D. Ray Robert Dolph Ray (September 26, 1928 – July 8, 2018) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served as the 38th governor of Iowa from January 16, 1969 to January 14, 1983. During his tenure as governor, Ray served as chair of t ...

. He serve on the

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from 1983 until 1991. Franzenburg died at the Iowa Jewish Senior Life Center, in

Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, ...

from heart failure and complications from hip replacement surgery.'Former state treasurer, utilities board official dies,' The Waterloo Courier, November 2, 2004

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* 1916 births 2004 deaths People from Grundy County, Iowa Military personnel from Iowa Businesspeople from Iowa Iowa Democrats School board members in Iowa State treasurers of Iowa 20th-century American businesspeople {{Iowa-politician-stub