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Date of Work
1936
Identification #
OGL13-24
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
Keywords
William Lemke, Union Party