Alec G. Olson

American politician

Alec Olson


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 May 14, 1969 – December 29, 1976
Preceded by	Robert G. Johnson
Succeeded by	Alvin O. H. Setzepfandt Jr.
Constituency	23rd district (1969-1973) 21st district (1973-1976)

Personal details
Born	Alec Gehard Olson (1930-09-11) September 11, 1930 (age 93) Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Political party	Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse	Janice Ruth Albrecht (m. 1957)
Children	4
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]

Biography

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 Senate president from 1973 to 1976. When Wendell Anderson resigned the governorship to become a U.S. senator in 1976 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich, Olson became the new lieutenant governor; he served from December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1979, and was Perpich's running mate in Minnesota's 1978 gubernatorial race.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Olson, Alec Gehard". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 20, 2010.
^ "OLSON, Alec Gehard – Biographical Information". Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2010.

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.

Party political offices
Preceded by Rudy Perpich	Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1978	Succeeded by Marlene Johnson
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
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Fred Marshall	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 6th congressional district 1963–1967	Succeeded by John Zwach
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Mimi Walters as Former US Representative	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative	Succeeded by Mike Kopetski as Former US Representative

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 J. Hagedorn Finstad
2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen T. Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline Lewis Craig
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 Phillips
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 Omar
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 Fischbach
8th district	1903–1933 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan Stauber

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

v t e 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 Fischbach Flanagan

v t e 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 A. Miller Anderson Nelsen Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich
Senate-elected (1973–present)	Olson Gearty Davies Hughes Chmielewski Hughes Spear Samuelson Metzen Fischbach Pappas Fischbach J. Miller Tomassoni J. Miller Osmek Champion

Minnesota's delegation(s) to the 88th–89th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

88th	Senate: ▌H. Humphrey (DFL) ▌E. McCarthy (DFL) ▌W. Mondale (DFL)	House: ▌J. Blatnik (DFL) ▌A. Quie (R) ▌J. Karth (DFL) ▌O. Langen (R) ▌A. Nelson (R) ▌C. MacGregor (R) ▌D. Fraser (DFL) ▌A. Olson (DFL)
89th	Senate: ▌E. McCarthy (DFL) ▌W. Mondale (DFL)	House: ▌J. Blatnik (DFL) ▌A. Quie (R) ▌J. Karth (DFL) ▌O. Langen (R) ▌A. Nelson (R) ▌C. MacGregor (R) ▌D. Fraser (DFL) ▌A. Olson (DFL)