Alec G. Olson
U.S. Congressperson
1930 –
Who is Alec G. Olson?
Alec Gehard Olson is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, a former state senator, who served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
Olson attended public schools and graduated from Willmar High School in 1948. He farmed between 1948 and 1955, and was an insurance representative from 1955 to 1962. He was active in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from 1952 to 1962, serving as a district chairman for four years. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, 1964 and 1968.
Olson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1967, during the 88th and 89th congresses. He lost his bid for re-election in 1966.
Olson served in the Minnesota Senate from 1969 to 1976 and was president of the state senate in 1973. When Wendell Anderson resigned the governorship to become a U.S. Senator in 1976, Olson became the lieutenant governor; he served from December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1979 and was Rudy Perpich's running mate in Minnesota's 1978 gubernatorial race.
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- Born
- Sep 11, 1930
Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota - Also known as
- Alec Olson
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- Lived in
- Willmar
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on July 23, 2013
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