Dwayne A. King (born September 18, 1939) was an American politician.
King was born in Casselton, Cass County, North Dakota and was raised on a farm. He graduated from Lincoln High School, in Casselton, North Dakota, in 1957. King served in the United States Army in 1963 and 1964. He received his bachelor's degrees in mathematics and in civil engineering from the University of North Dakota in 1961 and in 1965. King lived in Golden Valley, Minnesota with his wife and family. King worked for IBM as a staff instructor and as a system data processing engineer. King served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1977 and 1978 and was a Democrat. [1]
Cass County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 184,525. Cass County is the most populous county in North Dakota, accounting for nearly 24% of the state's population. The county seat is Fargo, the state's most populous city.
Casselton is a city in Cass County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 2,479 at the 2020 census. making it the 20th largest city in North Dakota. Casselton was founded in 1876. The city is named in honor of George Washington Cass, a president of the Northern Pacific Railway, which established a station there in 1876 to develop a town for homesteaders. Casselton is the hometown of five North Dakota governors.
George Washington Cass was an American industrialist and president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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.
The Red River Valley and Western Railroad is a regional railroad operating in the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota. It began operations in 1987 in an era of railroad restructuring.
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.
John Henry Lang (1899–1970) was an American who served with the Canadian Army in World War I and then with the United States Navy through World War II and the end of his career. He earned military awards and honors for heroic service from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan in the first half of the twentieth century.
John Stewart Dalrymple III is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd Governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 36th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 2000 to 2010 under Governor John Hoeven.
Andrew Horace Burke was an American politician who was the second Governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893.
KZTK, known as 103.9 The Truck, is a radio station serving the Cass County, North Dakota that airs a country music format. They are licensed to Arthur, North Dakota with studios in Casselton, North Dakota broadcasting to the Fargo–Moorhead Arbitron market (#290).
Robert Middleton Pollock, also known as R. M. Pollock, was a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1901–1902 and served as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives. He was also a member of the constitutional convention that drafted the North Dakota Constitution in 1889.
The former St. Stephen's Episcopal Church also known as St. Stephen's Church, is an historic stone Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church building located on the southeast corner of 3rd Avenue and 5th Street in Casselton, North Dakota, United States.
Hilary Baumann Hacker was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck in North Dakota from 1957 to 1982.
Charles N. Daniels (1828-1892) was an American architect active in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington.
Haxby & Gillespie was an architectural firm from Fargo, North Dakota. R. J. Haxby and William D. Gillespie were the partners. The firm "produced a number of important buildings throughout North Dakota." They designed many notable public, educational, commercial, and church buildings, in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.
Morgan Dennis Ford was a judge of the United States Court of International Trade.
Herman Stern was an American humanitarian, social and economic activist, businessman, visionary and director of the North Dakota Winter Show, and Holocaust rescuer.
Straus Clothing was the oldest family-owned retailer in North Dakota when it closed in January 2016.
William Herman Pietsch was an American businessman and politician.
Michael Howe is an American politician serving as the North Dakota Secretary of State. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 1, 2023.