Preview
Date of Work
1997
Date of Work
6-1997
Identification #
OGL1541-177
Description
Photograph of Lieutenant Governor Rosemarie Myrdal, Governor Ed Schafer, and senior staff members of the administration. Caption by Governor Schafer reads: "Rosemarie - we've assembled a good crew! Thanks! 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
People Depicted
Rosemarie Myrdal, Ed Schafer
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota
Keywords
Rosemarie Myrdal, Ed Schafer, Lieutenant Governor, Governor, Senior Staff, State Capital, Bismarck