--- description: Hendrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor member of the Senate from Minnesota, announced the appointment of his wife as his private secretary. " Mrs. Shipstead campaigned with me and played an important... title: National Affairs: Merit Rewarded image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) # National Affairs: Merit Rewarded by [TIME](/author/time/) Apr 28, 1923 5:00 AM CUT by [TIME](/author/time/) Apr 28, 1923 5:00 AM CUT Hendrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor member of the Senate from Minnesota, announced the appointment of his wife as his private secretary. ” Mrs. Shipstead campaigned with me and played an important part in my election. She has an intimate knowledge of my business affairs and will be a valuable asset to me.” National Affairs: Merit Rewarded ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6817841/national-affairs-merit-rewarded/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6817841/national-affairs-merit-rewarded/"},"headline":"National Affairs: Merit Rewarded","datePublished":"1923-04-28T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-04T03:09:02.043Z","description":"Hendrik Shipstead, Farmer-Labor member of the Senate from Minnesota, announced the appointment of his wife as his private secretary. \" Mrs. Shipstead campaigned with me and played an important...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6817841/national-affairs-merit-rewarded/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/author/time/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6817841/national-affairs-merit-rewarded/","name":"National Affairs: Merit Rewarded"}}]}] ```