Murray Delos Van Wagoner (March 18, 1898 – June 12, 1986) was an American politician.
During his two years in office, he encouraged the construction of road projects and most famously the Mackinac Bridge, the elimination of a 27 million dollar deficit occurred, the state mental hospital was reinstated, a consolidated tax collection department was established, worker strikes involving the auto and electrical industries were dealt with, the reorganization of the Michigan civil service system was initialized, and measures were secured for the war effort.
Van Wagoner was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1944, which re-nominated President Roosevelt for his fourth term.
[1] While military governor, he warned Bavarian Minister-President Hans Ehard against replacing non-Nazi public servants with former Nazis.
[3] He was a delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention, which nominated Adlai Stevenson for President of the United States.