Schafer Administration

Creator

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Identification #

OGL1541-178

Description

Photo of Lieutenant Governor Rosemarie Myrdal, Governor Ed Schafer, and staff members on the steps of the Capitol Building in Bismarck. Caption by Governor Schafer reads: "Hi Rosemarie! Thanks for being the glue that holds the team together! Ed."

A Republican from Edinburg, Rosemarie Myrdal represented District 11 (Pembina and Walsh counties) in the North Dakota House from 1985 until 1993 and served as the Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1993 to 2001.

Prior to being elected North Dakota Governor, Ed Schafer unsuccessfully challenged North Dakota Congressman Byron Dorgan in 1990. Two years later, Schafer, a Republican from Bismarck, won the gubernatorial election and served as North Dakota’s 30th Governor until 2001.

Places Depicted

State Capital, Bismarck, North Dakota

People Depicted

Rosemarie Myrdal, Ed Schafer

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota