Hugh Gregg was governor of the U.S. state

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 of New Hampshire

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 from 1953 to 1955, and was the youngest person ever elected to that office. He is the father of former U.S. Senator

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, former governor, and former U.S. Congressman Judd Gregg

Judd Gregg

Judd Alan Gregg is a former Governor of New Hampshire and former United States Senator from New Hampshire, who served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a businessman and attorney in Nashua before entering politics...

 of New Hampshire.

A native of Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

, Gregg attended Phillips Exeter Academy

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. He graduated from Yale University

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 in 1939 and Harvard Law School

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 in 1942, after which he returned to Nashua and started a law practice.