Representative William Lemke

Creator

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Identification #

OGL13-33

Description

North Dakota Congressman William Lemke (second from the left) visits with three other unidentified men. 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.

People Depicted

William Lemke

Rights

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