Alec G. Olson

Alec Olson
Olson as a U.S. Representative in 1963

40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
In office December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1979
Governor	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Rudy Perpich
Succeeded by	Lou Wangberg
1st President of the Minnesota Senate
In office January 1973 – December 29, 1976
Preceded by	Rudy Perpich (as lieutenant governor)*
Succeeded by	Edward J. Gearty
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 6th district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Fred Marshall
Succeeded by	John M. Zwach
Member of the Minnesota Senate
In office 1969-1976
Personal details
Born	(1930-09-11) September 11, 1930 Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Political party	Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Janice Ruth Albrecht (1957)
Profession	insurance representative, farmer
From statehood until 1973, the lieutenant governor served as state senate president. Starting in 1973, senate presidents were selected from the body.

Alec Gehard Olson (born September 11, 1930) 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Olson, Alec Gehard". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
↑ "OLSON, Alec Gehard – Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2010-07-20.

External links

Minnesota Historical Society: Alec Olson Profile

Alec G. Olson at Minnesota Legislators Past & Present

United States Congress. "Alec G. Olson (id: O000084)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Rudy Perpich	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1976–1979	Succeeded by Lou Wangberg
Preceded by Rudy Perpich Lt. Gov.	President of the Minnesota Senate 1973–1976	Succeeded by Edward J. Gearty
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Fred Marshall	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th congressional district 1963–1967	Succeeded by John Zwach

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

Lieutenant Governors of Minnesota

Holcombe Donnelly Swift Sherwood Armstrong Yale Barto Wakefield Gilman Rice Ives Clough Day Gibbs L. Smith Jones Eberhart E. Smith Gordon Burnquist Sullivan Frankson Collins Nolan Adams Arens Solberg Petersen Richardson (acting) Lindsten Anderson Thye Miller Anderson Nelsen Wright Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich Olson Wangberg Johnson Dyrstad Benson Schunk Molnau Prettner Solon T. Smith

Presidents of the Minnesota Senate

Lt. Governor (1858–1973)	Holcombe Donnelly Sherwood Armstrong Yale Barto Wakefield Gilman Rice Ives Clough Day Gibbs L. Smith Jones Eberhart E. Smith Gordon Burnquist Sullivan Frankson Collins Nolan Adams Arens Solberg Petersen Richardson Lindsten Anderson Thye Miller Anderson Nelsen Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich

Senate-Elected (1973–present)	Olson Gearty Davies Hughes Chmielewski Hughes Spear Samuelson Metzen Fischbach Pappas

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 48207167 LCCN: n85198797 US Congress: O000084

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