| George W. Romney  AKA George Wilcken Romney
Born: 8-Jul-1907
Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico
Died: 26-Jul-1995
Location of death: Bloomfield Hills, MI
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Fairview Cemetery, Brighton, MI
Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician, Business
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Presidential candidate admitted brainwashing Retired from American Motors to enter politics. A Republican, Romney defeated Democrat John D. Swainson for the Governorship of Michigan. He resigned to try for the 1968 presidential nomination of the Republican Party, but a remark he made about having been "brainwashed" into supporting the Vietnam War made him unelectable to that high office. He died during the fitness craze of the 1990's, from a heart attack while exercising on a treadmill. Father: Gaskell Romney
Mother: Anna Amelia Pratt Romney
Wife: Lenore LaFount (b. 1909, m. 1931)
Son: Mitt Romney (Governor of Massachusetts)
Daughter: Lynn Keenan
Daughter: Jane Romney
Son: G. Scott Romney
University: University of Utah (no degree)
University: George Washington University (no degree)
American Motors President (1954-62)
Member of the Board of American Motors (as Chairman, 1954-62)
Governor of Michigan (1963-69)
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1969-73)
Religious Mission: Mormon England & Scotland (1926-28)
Heart Attack
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