Vice President Lyndon Johnson and John Hove, 1963

Creator

Preview

Date of Work

9-18-1963

Identification #

OGL1042-6

Description

John Hove (left), a candidate for the House of Representatives, shakes hands with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during a visit to the White House on September 18, 1963.

Dr. John Hove was an English professor at North Dakota State University. He was also an unsuccessful candidate in a special election to the United States House of Representatives in 1963, caused by the death of Hjalmar Nygaard. Hove lost the election to Mark Andrews, a farmer from Mapleton.

Places Depicted

White House

People Depicted

John Hove, Lyndon B. Johnson

Rights

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