# Douglas M. Head *American lawyer and politician; 25th Attorney General of Minnesota* Douglas Michael Head (April 14, 1930 – February 2, 2011) was a Minnesota lawyer and Republican politician. He held office as the 25th [[Attorney General of Minnesota]].[^1] The Minnesota Attorney General's Office lists him in its history of the office's holders.[^2] According to Wikipedia, he was the last Republican elected Attorney General of Minnesota, and as of 2024 no Republican had held the office after him.[^1] Head was a Republican member of the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] from 1961 to 1964. He won the 1966 election for Attorney General and held the office from January 2, 1967, to January 4, 1971.[^1] A claim:link row in the project's catalogue, citing the Attorney General's Office history page, gives his years in office as 1969–1971 instead.[^2] In 1970 he ran for [[Governor of Minnesota]] and lost to the DFL nominee, Wendell Anderson.[^1] ## Early life and education Head was a native of [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].[^1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts at Yale University. He received an LL.B. from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] in 1956.[^1][^2] [[Walter Mondale]], who also later became Attorney General, was in the same graduating class.[^1] ## Career Head was admitted to the bar in 1957. Voters elected him to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he sat from 1961 through 1964.[^1] Head won the attorney generalship in the 1966 election. He was sworn in on January 2, 1967, and left office on January 4, 1971.[^1] The project's claim:link catalogue gives his tenure as 1969–1971 and cites the Attorney General's Office history page for those years. The Wikipedia dates are stated above because that source ranks higher than a catalogue row.[^2] Head sought the governorship in 1970. Wendell Anderson, the DFL nominee, defeated him.[^1] In 1971 Head and Jerome D. Truhn, a former Minnesota Solicitor General, founded the law firm Head & Truhn. The firm now operates as Head, Seifert & Vander Weide.[^1] Head died of natural causes on February 2, 2011, at age 80. He died at his home in Minneapolis.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Douglas M. Head, Republican, 25th Attorney General of Minnesota.[^1] - Listed by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office among the office's holders.[^2] ### What - Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1961–1964.[^1] - Attorney General of Minnesota, elected 1966.[^1] - Unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1970, defeated by DFL nominee Wendell Anderson.[^1] ### When - LL.B., University of Minnesota Law School: 1956.[^1][^2] - Admitted to the bar: 1957.[^1] - Attorney General: January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971, per Wikipedia.[^1] - Attorney General: 1969–1971, per a claim:link row citing the Attorney General's Office history page.[^2] - Died: February 2, 2011.[^1] ### Where - Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[^1] - Died at his home in Minneapolis.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia, *Douglas M. Head* (revision 1372478474, retrieved 2026-10-25) — biographical summary: birth and death dates, education, House service 1961–1964, 1966 election and 1967–1971 tenure, 1970 gubernatorial loss, law firm founding, status as most recent Republican Attorney General as of 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_M._Head [^2]: Minnesota Attorney General's Office, *Attorney General History* (undated) — lists Douglas M. Head among the state's attorneys general. The project's claim:link row CL-44 records the listing as "Douglas M. Head (1969-1971) — UMN Law." https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/AGHistory.asp