Al Quie

Al Quie


35th Governor of Minnesota
In office January 4, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Lieutenant	Lou Wangberg
Preceded by	Rudy Perpich
Succeeded by	Rudy Perpich
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st district
In office February 18, 1958 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	August Andresen
Succeeded by	Arlen Erdahl
Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 18th district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1958
Preceded by	Homer Covert
Succeeded by	Arnin Sundet
Personal details
Born	(1923-09-18) September 18, 1923 Dennison, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Gretchen Hansen (1948-2015; her death)
Children	Five
Alma mater	St. Olaf College

Albert Harold "Al" Quie (born September 18, 1923) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.^[1]

State and national government service

A Republican, Quie was a member of the Minnesota State Senate from 1955 to 1958, representing the old 18th District, which encompassed Rice County in the southeastern part of the state.^[2] He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election after the death of Representative August Andresen, and served from February 18, 1958, to January 3, 1979. He was a member of the 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th and 95th Congresses.^[3]

Quie was briefly considered for Vice President of the United States in 1974 after Gerald Ford became president upon the resignation of Richard Nixon. The position was eventually taken by Nelson Rockefeller.^[4]

Quie ran for and was elected governor of Minnesota in 1978.^[1] During his single term, he dealt with an extreme budget crisis, and made some very tough and unpopular choices. He opted not to run again in 1982.^[5]

Background, education, and family

Quie was born on his family's farm near Dennison, Minnesota, in Rice County. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and in 1950 graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield with a degree in political science.

Quie's wife, artist and former First Lady of Minnesota Gretchen Quie, died on December 13, 2015, at the age of 88.^[6]

References

1 2 Al (Albert Harold) Quie : Governors of Minnesota. Mnhs.Org. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
↑ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Quie, Albert Harold "Al". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
↑ QUIE, Albert Harold – Biographical Information. Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
↑ The Talent Search – Time. Time.com (August 19, 1974). Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
↑ Crossing the partisan divide: Minnesota budgets and politics in the 1980s. MinnPost. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
↑ Salisbury, Bill (2015-12-14). "Gretchen Quie, opened governor's house to public, dies at 88". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

External links

Al Quie at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by August Andresen	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st congressional district 1958–1979	Succeeded by Arlen Erdahl
Party political offices
Preceded by John Johnson	Republican nominee for Governor of Minnesota 1978	Succeeded by Wheelock Whitney
Political offices
Preceded by Rudy Perpich	Governor of Minnesota 1979–1983	Succeeded by Rudy Perpich

Governors of Minnesota

Territorial (1849–58)	Ramsey Gorman Medary

State (since 1858)	Sibley Ramsey Swift Miller Marshall Austin Davis Pillsbury Hubbard McGill Merriam Nelson Clough Lind Van Sant Johnson Eberhart Hammond Burnquist Preus Christianson Olson Petersen Benson Stassen Thye Youngdahl E. Anderson Freeman Andersen Rolvaag LeVander W. Anderson Perpich Quie Perpich Carlson Ventura Pawlenty Dayton

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota

Districts 1–8 (active)

1st district	Territorial Delegate, 1849–1858 Sibley Rice Kingsbury 1863–1933 Windom Wilkinson Dunnell While T. Wilson Dunnell Harries Tawney Anderson Furlow Christgau 1935–present Andresen Quie Erdahl Penny Gutknecht Walz

2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline

3rd district	1873–1933 Averill King Stewart Washburn Strait MacDonald D. Hall O. Hall Heatwole Davis Andresen 1935–present Lundeen Teigan Alexander Gale Gallagher MacKinnon Wier MacGregor Frenzel Ramstad Paulsen

4th district	1883–1933 Washburn Gilfillan Rice Snider Castle Kiefer Stevens Van Dyke Keller Maas 1935–present Maas Starkey Devitt McCarthy Karth Vento McCollum

5th district	1883–1933 Nelson Comstock Halvorson Fletcher Lind Fletcher Nye Smith Lundeen Newton W. Nolan 1935–present Christianson D. Johnson Youngdahl Judd Fraser Sabo Ellison

6th district	1893–1933 Baldwin Towne Morris Buckman Lindbergh H. Knutson 1935–present H. Knutson Marshall Olson Zwach R. Nolan Weber Sikorski Grams Luther Kennedy Bachmann Emmer

7th district	1893–1933 Boen Eddy Volstead O. Kvale P. Kvale 1935–present P. Kvale Andersen Langen Bergland Stangeland Peterson

8th district	1903–1933 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan

Districts 9–10 and Statewide General Ticket (obsolete)

9th district	1903–33 Steenerson Wefald Selvig 1935–63 Buckler Hagen C. Knutson Langen

10th district	1915–33 Schall Goodwin

General Ticket	1858–63 Cavanaugh Phelps Windom Aldrich 1913–15 Manahan 1933–35 Arens Chase Christianson Hoidale Johnson H. Knutson P. Kvale Lundeen Shoemaker

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 70210514 LCCN: n79102235 US Congress: Q000010

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