President Roosevelt and Governor Langer, October 1937

Creator

Preview

Date of Work

10-4-1937

Identification #

UAP13968

Description

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and North Dakota Governor William Langer pose for a photograph in an automobile on the UND campus on October 4, 1937. FDR was in town to dedicate the grandstand at the Grand Forks County fairgrounds.

"Wild Bill" Langer served as North Dakota Governor from 1933 to 1934 and from 1937 until 1939. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1940 and served until his death in 1959.

People Depicted

William Langer, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Rights

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