DONALD DAWSON

(Donald Shelton Dawson)


Donald Dawson
Donald Dawson
  • Born: August 3, 1908
  • Died: December 25, 2005
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Donald Shelton Dawson was a 20th-century American lawyer, politician, and military officer, best remembered as the presidential aide who marshaled Harry S. Truman's crucial whistle-stop tour in the 1948 election campaign and so was perhaps the first modern American political advance man, able to gauge political climate and provide appropriate advice.