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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | William Lemke |
Address | Fargo, North Dakota , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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August 13, 1878
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Died | May 30, 1950
(71 years)
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Contributor | Mr. Techno |
Last Modifed | RBH Mar 20, 2022 05:30pm |
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Info | LEMKE, William, a Representative from North Dakota; born in Albany, Stearns County, Minn., August 13, 1878; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks in 1902 and Yale University in 1905; studied law at the University of North Dakota and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1905 and commenced practice at Fargo, N.Dak.; member of the national executive committee of the National Nonpartisan League 1917-1921; chairman of the Republican State committee 1916-1920; attorney general of North Dakota in 1921 and 1922; Union Party candidate for President in 1936; elected as a Nonpartisan on the Republican ticket to the Seventy-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1941); renominated as a Republican in 1940; later withdrew and was an unsuccessful Independent candidate for election to the United States Senate; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Fargo, N.Dak., May 30, 1950; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
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