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Scott Jensen interview, 1995 September 26
- Title
- Scott Jensen interview, 1995 September 26
- Identifier
- 2019/008 Audio 01B
- Date
- 1995 September 26
- Description
- In this series of interviews by Odd Lovoll for his books “The Promise of America: History of the Norwegian-American People” and“The Promise Fulfilled: A Portrait of Norwegian AmericansToday,” Lovoll interviews Scott Jensen about being a Norwegian-American. At the time, Jensen was the Majority Leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Scott Jensen is a politician and lobbyist from Wisconsin who has served as majority leader and speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly. He graduated from Drake University with a Bachelor’s degree in 1982 and from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government with a Master’s degree in public policy in 1984. He resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly in 2006. - Extent
- 0:23:00
- Language
- English
- Subject
- Ethnic pride
- Progressive Republicans
- Tommy Thompson
- Geopolitical demographics
- Welfare reform
- Norwegians in Wisconsin
- Criminal reform
- Cultural mascots
- Type
- Oral History
- Format
- WAV
- MP3
- PDF/A
- Is Part Of
- NAHA 2019/008
Collection
Citation
Lovoll, Odd S., 1934- and Jensen, Scott, “Scott Jensen interview, 1995 September 26,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/12655.
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:isPartOf | Item: Odd S. Lovoll papers, circa 1975-2010 |