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Christian M. Dahl (August 21, 1856 – August 4, 1923) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 2nd Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1893 to 1896. [1] [2]

North Dakota Republican Party

The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The Party's platform is generally conservative. The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics. The Party holds nearly all statewide positions in addition to having a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature, over the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. The current party chairman is Rick Berg.

North Dakota Secretary of State

The North Dakota Secretary of State is an elected office in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The incumbent as of 2015 was Alvin A. Jaeger. Duties of the Secretary of State include being the custodian of the state's Great Seal and other official state documents, recording the official acts of the Governor, distributing copies of legislative resolutions, and recording original bills and resolutions from each biennial Legislative Assembly. Other duties of the office include those pertaining to statewide elections, licensing within the state, and recording trademarks. Jaeger was the first elected officer to graduate from Dickinson State University.

Christian M. Dahl was an immigrant from Norway. He first won election to the Secretary of State position in 1892, and served until 1896 when he did not seek re-election. He was married to Helen Hanchett, the daughter of George Edwin Hanchett and Elizabeth (Oakley) Hanchett. [3] He died at the age of 67 and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Bismarck, North Dakota. [4]

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

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Bismarck, North Dakota State capital city in North Dakota, United States

Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second-most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was estimated in 2017 at 72,865, while its metropolitan population was 132,142. In 2017, Forbes magazine ranked Bismarck as the seventh fastest-growing small city in the United States.

Notes

  1. ↑ North Dakota Secretary of State | About the Secretary of State
  2. ↑ "North Dakota Secretaries of State". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ "George Edwin Hanchett". Genealogy Trails 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. ↑ North Dakota Blue Book, 2005
Preceded by
John Flittie 		Secretary of State of North Dakota
1893–1896 		Succeeded by
Fred Falley


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