Political career thumb|150px|Foss as Governor, 1955 Campaigning from the cockpit of a light aircraft, Foss served two elected terms as a Republican representative in the South Dakota legislature and, beginning in 1955, at age 39, as the state's youngest governor.Miller 1969, p. 212. During his tenure as governor, he accompanied Tom Brokaw, then a high school student and Governor of South Dakota American Legion Boys State, to New York City for a joint appearance on Two for the Money, a television game show, which featured Foss because of his wartime celebrity. Foss had previously appeared on the long-running game show What's My Line on May 1, 1955.
Political career thumb|150px|Foss as Governor, 1955 Campaigning from the cockpit of a light aircraft, ,Foss served two elected terms as a Republican representative in the South Dakota legislature and beginning in 1955, at age 39, as the state's youngest governor.Miller 1969, p. 212. During his tenure as governor, he accompanied Tom Brokaw, then a high school. student and Governor of South Dakota American Legion Boys State, to New York City for a joint appearance on Two for the Money, a television game show, which featured Foss because of his wartime celebrity. Foss had previously appeared on the long-running game show What's My Line on May 1, 1955