Melvin Laird
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type: Eukaryote
type: Species
type: Person
type: Animal
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type: Q82955
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label: Melvin R. Laird @sv
label: メルヴィン・レアード @ja
label: Лэйрд, Мелвин @ru
label: Мелвін Лейрд @uk
label: ملفين ليرد @ar
subject: Category:Military personnel from Omaha, Nebraska
subject: Category:Carleton College alumni
subject: Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
subject: Category:Politicians from Omaha, Nebraska
subject: Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
subject: Category:Military personnel from Wisconsin
subject: Category:American people of the Vietnam War
subject: Category:United States secretaries of defense
subject: Category:American Presbyterians
subject: Category:People from Marshfield, Wisconsin
subject: Category:George Washington University trustees
subject: Category:1922 births
subject: Category:2016 deaths
subject: Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
subject: Category:20th-century American naval officers
subject: Category:Nixon administration cabinet members
subject: Category:Lake Forest Academy alumni
subject: Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
subject: Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
subject: Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
subject: Category:Republican Party Wisconsin state senators
party: Republican Party (United States)
term period: Melvin Laird Tenure 2
term period: Melvin Laird Tenure 1
term period: Melvin Laird Tenure 5
term period: Melvin Laird Tenure 3
term period: Melvin Laird Tenure 4
military service: Melvin Laird MilitaryService 1
battles: World War II
branch: United States Navy
rank: Lieutenant (junior grade)
predecessor: Clark Clifford
predecessor: Melvin R. Laird Sr.
predecessor: Reid F. Murray
predecessor: Gerald Ford
predecessor: John Ehrlichman
spouse: Carole Fleishman
spouse: Barbara Masters
successor: Kenneth Reese Cole Jr.
successor: John B. Anderson
successor: Dave Obey
successor: Elliot Richardson
successor: William Walter Clark
years: --01-20
leader: Gerald Ford
birth name: Melvin Robert Laird Jr.
education: Carleton College
office: United States Domestic Policy Council
office: House Republican Conference
term end: 1973-01-29
term end: 1969-01-03
term end: 1969-01-21
term end: 1953-01-03
term end: --05-01
term end: 1974-01-08
term start: 1947-01-06
term start: 1969-01-22
term start: 1965-01-03
term start: 1953-01-03
term start: 1973-05-01
honours: Purple Heart
mawards: Purple Heart