- Fred G. Aandahl
Infobox Governor
name = Fred George Aandahl
order = 23rd
office = Governor of North Dakota
term_start = 1945
term_end = 1951
lieutenant =Clarence P. Dahl
predecessor =John Moses
successor =Clarence Norman Brunsdale
birth_date =April 9 ,1897
birth_place =Litchville, North Dakota
death_date =April 7 ,1966
death_place =Valley City, North Dakota
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion =Fred George Aandahl (
April 9 ,1897 –April 7 ,1966 ) was an Republican politician fromNorth Dakota . He served as theGovernor of North Dakota from 1945 to 1951 and as a U.S. Representative from 1951 to 1953.Biography
Aandahl was born in Litchville,
Barnes County, North Dakota , the son of Norwegian emigrants Soren "Sam" J. and Mamie C. (Lawry) Aandahl. He graduated from Litchville High School, and then from theUniversity of North Dakota in 1921 and became a farmer. He was superintendent of Litchville's schools from 1922 to 1927. In 1931, 1939 and 1941 he was member of theNorth Dakota State Senate . From 1945 to 1951 he was governor of the state. He was elected as a Republican to theEighty-second United States Congress (January 3 ,1951 -January 3 ,1953 ). He was not a candidate for the Eighty-third Congress in 1952, but was an unsuccessful candidate for theUnited States Senate , running as an independent against incumbentWilliam Langer , a fellow Republican, and DemocratHarold A. Morrison with Langer winning in a landslide and Aandahl receiving third place and 10% of the vote. From 1953 to 1961 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Aandahl died inFargo, North Dakota and was interred in Hillside Cemetery,Valley City, North Dakota .ee also
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North Dakota United States Senate election, 1952 External links
* [http://www.library.und.edu/Collections/og51.html Fred G. Aandahl Papers at The University of North Dakota]
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