Arne Helge Carlson is an American politician who served as the 37th Governor of Minnesota. A Republican,Carlson's viewpoints are considered to be moderate. He first won election to the governors office in 1990. Carlson served as the governor from 1991 until 1999,winning reelection in 1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
Elmer Austin Benson was an American lawyer and politician from Minnesota. In 1935,Benson was appointed to the U.S. Senate following the death of Thomas Schall. He served as the 24th governor of Minnesota,defeating Republican Martin Nelson in a landslide in Minnesota's 1936 gubernatorial election. He lost the governorship two years later to Republican Harold Stassen in the 1938 gubernatorial election.
William "Wild Bill" Langer was a prominent American lawyer and politician from North Dakota,where he was an infamous character,bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and into multiple trials. He was the 17th and 21st governor of North Dakota from 1932 to 1934 and from 1937 to 1939.
Arthur Naftalin was an American political scientist and politician. A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL),he served as mayor of Minneapolis from July 3,1961,to July 6,1969. He was the first Jewish mayor of Minneapolis.
Quentin Northrup Burdick was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party,he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death,he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.
Arthur Albert Link was an American politician of the North Dakota Democratic Party,and later the Democratic-NPL. He served as a U.S. Representative from 1971 to 1973 and as the 27th Governor of North Dakota from 1973 to 1981.
George Albert Sinner was an American politician who served as the 29th governor of North Dakota from 1985 to 1992. He served two four-year terms and was the most recent governor of North Dakota from his party,the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party.
Arthur Gustave Sorlie was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th Governor of North Dakota from 1925 until his death in 1928 at the age of 54.
Frank Leroy Farrar was an American politician who was the 24th governor of South Dakota. A Republican from Britton,he served as the state's attorney general from 1963 to 1969,and as governor from 1969 to 1971. After leaving office,he chaired several holding companies and became the owner of numerous banks.
Michael Lambert Igoe was an American politician who served as a United States representative from Illinois,an Illinois state representative,a United States District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois,and a United States district judge of the Northern District of Illinois.
J. Philip Johnson is an American attorney and jurist who served as a Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1974 to 1975 again in 1992. When not serving as justice of the state court,Johnson operated a private legal practice in Fargo,North Dakota.
Robert L. Vogel was an American lawyer and judge from North Dakota. He served as U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota and an associate justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Robert was one of five sons of Frank A. Vogel and Louella Vogel. His father,who served as the North Dakota Tax Commissioner,Highway Commissioner and manager of the Bank of North Dakota,was also a leader of the Nonpartisan League and a close confidant of Gov. William Langer.
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.
Harry Herbert Peterson was an American lawyer,judge and politician.
Karl Harold Phillip LeVander was an American attorney and politician. A Republican,he served as the 32nd governor of Minnesota from January 2,1967 to January 4,1971,after defeating incumbent governor Karl Rolvaag in the 1966 election.
The 1994 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 8,1994,in the midst of that year's Republican Revolution. Incumbent Republican Arne Carlson easily won re-election over his main challenger Democrat–Farmer–Labor State Senate John Marty.
Leif Erickson was an American attorney who served as an Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1939 to 1945.
The 1980 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1980. Republican nominee Allen I. Olson defeated Democratic-NPL incumbent Arthur A. Link with 53.61% of the vote.
Halvor Langdon Halvorson was an American politician and attorney who served as the mayor of Minot,North Dakota and later became a perennial candidate in North Dakota's congressional elections.
John Frank Lindley was an American attorney and politician. He served in the South Dakota House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota.
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