William Frederick Lemke was an American politician who represented North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He was also the Union Party's presidential candidate in the 1936 presidential election.
In the U.S. state of North Dakota, the agriculture commissioner, formerly known as the commissioner of agriculture, is an elected official who heads the North Dakota Department of Agriculture. The present commissioner is Doug Goehring, a Republican.
Henry Thomas Helgesen was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
In the U.S. state of North Dakota, the commissioner of labor, commonly referred to as the labor commissioner, is an appointed official who heads the North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights. The present commissioner is Erica Thunder.
The North Dakota Department of Labor and Human Rights is a part of the government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The department is responsible for enforcing North Dakota labor and human rights laws and for educating the public about these laws. In addition, the department licenses employment agencies operating in North Dakota and can verify the status of independent contractor relationships.
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is a part of the government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The department fosters a healthy economic, environmental, and social climate for agriculture and the rural community through leadership, advocacy, education, regulation and other services.
Mathias Dahl was a North Dakota politician who was well known for his tenure as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1939 to 1964. His long tenure in the office ended a period of instability in the department when the three previous commissioners only served one two-year term. He re-elected a total of twelve times, and was one of the most prominent Republican/Non-Partisan League (NPL) politicians in the state.
The North Dakota commissioner of agriculture and labor was an elected official who headed the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and Labor. The office was established with the state's constitution in 1889, and was split into two separate offices – the commissioner of labor and the commissioner of agriculture – in 1966, when the two departments also split due to a constitutional change that was voted on in 1964.
John N. Hagan was a North Dakota Republican/NPL politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1917 to 1921 and from 1937 to 1938. He is one of three politicians in the state ever to be recalled; he was recalled during his first time in the office along with fellow NPL politicians Governor of North Dakota Lynn J. Frazier and North Dakota Attorney General William Lemke in 1921.
Arne Dahl was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the last North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1965 to 1966, and as the first North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture from 1966 to 1974. He died in office in 1974 at age 66.
William C. Gilbreath, a.k.a. W.C. Gilbreath, was a North Dakota politician who served as the North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1905 to 1914. He was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, but his family relocated to Illinois, where he was educated in the public schools and in Wesleyan University.
The politics of North Dakota were shaped historically by early settlement by people from the Northern Tier, who carried their politics west ultimately from New England, upstate New York, and the Upper Midwest. The area and state also received numerous European immigrants and migrants, particularly during the era of opening up of former Native American lands for sale and settlement.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of North Dakota:
Joseph A. Kitchen was a North Dakota state legislator and the state Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1921 to 1932.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of North Dakota on November 4, 2014. Five of North Dakota's executive officers were up for election as well as the state's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on June 10, 2014.
In the state governments of the United States, all 50 states have the executive position of agriculture commissioner, director of agriculture, or secretary of agriculture. This official is in charge of the state's agriculture department. The agriculture commissioners are organized at the national level by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
Robert F. Flint was a prominent individual in the North Dakota dairy industry and a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the Assistant Dairy Commissioner from 1905 to 1909, State Dairy Commissioner from 1909 to 1915, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor from 1915 to 1916.