Lemke and O'Brien for the Union Party, 1936

Creator

Preview

Date of Work

1936

Identification #

OGL13-26

Description

William Lemke for President and Thomas O'Brien for Vice-President represented the Union Party in the 1936 elections. Congressman William Lemke served several terms in the U.S. House of Representatives: the first from 1933 to 1941 and the second from 1943 until his death in 1950. He was an important figure in the rise of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota and was the Union Party Candidate for President in 1936. Thomas O'Brien was a prominent labor lawyer from Massachusetts.

Organizations Depicted

Union Party

People Depicted

William Lemke, Thomas O'Brien

Rights

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