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{{Short description|American politician (1879–1954)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Guy Victor Howard
|image=Guy Howard.jpg
|jr/sr and state=[[United States Senate|United States Senator]] <br/>from [[Minnesota]]
|party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|alma_mater=[[Globe University/Minnesota School of Business|Minnesota School of Business]]<br>[[Georgetown University]]
|term_start=November 4, 1936 
|term_end=January 3, 1937
|preceded=[[Elmer Austin Benson]]
|succeeded=[[Ernest Lundeen]] 
|birth_date={{birth date|1879|11|28}}
|birth_place=[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1954|8|20|1879|11|28}}
|death_place=Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
|spouse= 
|religion=
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'''Guy Victor Howard''' (November 28, 1879{{spaced ndash}}August 20, 1954) was an American [[politician]].

==Early life==
Guy Victor Howard was born in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] in 1879. He attended public schools, [[Globe University and Minnesota School of Business|Minneapolis School of Business]], and [[Georgetown University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] Howard served as a clerk in the post office in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1897 to 1901. He worked in the insurance business in Minneapolis in 1901, and was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1916.

==United States Senate==
Howard was elected on November 3, 1936,  to the [[United States Senate]] from [[Minnesota]] as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Thomas D. Schall]] and served from November 4, 1936, to January 3, 1937, in the [[74th United States Congress|74th congress]]. He did not seek election for the full term beginning in 1937.

==Later life==
After the Senate, Howard returned to the insurance business and died in Minneapolis on August 20, 1954. He was interred in [[Lakewood Cemetery]].

== External links ==
* {{Find a Grave|6922596}}
* {{CongBio|H000838}}

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[[Category:1879 births]]
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[[Category:Republican Party United States senators from Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minnesota Republicans]]
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