Nils Boe

Nils Boe
23rd Governor of South Dakota
In office January 5, 1965 – January 7, 1969
Lieutenant	Lem Overpeck
Preceded by	Archie M. Gubbrud
Succeeded by	Frank Farrar
Personal details
Born	September 10, 1913 Baltic, South Dakota
Died	July 30, 1992(1992-07-30) (aged 78) Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Political party	Republican
Relations	Nils N. (father) and Sissel C. Finseth (mother)
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison (AB, 1935, LLB 1937)
Profession	Lawyer, judge
Religion	Lutheran

Nils Andreas Boe (September 10, 1913 – July 30, 1992) was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of South Dakota from 1965 to 1969.

Background

Boe was born in Baltic in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. He was the son of Lutheran minister Nils N. Boe and Sissel Catherine Finseth, both immigrants from Norway.^[1] He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1935), where he was a member of the track team, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School (1937). Boe served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Career

Boe was later elected to the state legislature representing Sioux Falls from 1953 to 1958. He was Lieutenant Governor from 1963 to 1965 and Governor from 1965 to 1969.

The Boe administration improved the state's reservoir system, enacted a worker training program to attract new industry to South Dakota, increased state aid to schools, and created a retirement program for state employees. The administration also was noteworthy for advocating property tax cuts and starting the state's educational television system. The legislature also passed laws prohibiting employment discrimination against women and guaranteeing women equal wages for equal work.

After leaving office, Boe was appointed by Richard M. Nixon as the first director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Executive Office of the President of the United States 1969 to 1971, and then was appointed by Nixon as the Chief Judge of the U.S. Customs Court, New York City which he served 1971-1984. He died of cancer at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

References

1. ^ Minnehaha County, South Dakota (1920 Federal Census)

External links

• Governor's Information
• Portrait of Nils Boe

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph H. Bottum	Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota 1963–1965	Succeeded by Lem Overpeck
Preceded by Archie M. Gubbrud	Governor of South Dakota 1965–1969	Succeeded by Frank Farrar

Persondata
Name	Boe, Nils
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	September 10, 1913
Place of birth	Baltic, South Dakota
Date of death	July 30, 1992
Place of death	Sioux Falls, South Dakota