Alec G. Olson

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Alec Gehard Olson
Alec G. Olson

In office
December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1979
Governor(s) Rudy Perpich
Preceded by Rudy Perpich
Succeeded by Lou Wangberg

Born September 11, 1930
Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Political party Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Profession insurance representative

Alec Gehard Olson (born September 11, 1930) is a former member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Olson attended public schools and graduated from Willmar High School in 1948. He engaged in farming between 1948 and 1955 and was employed as an insurance representative from 1955 to 1962. He was active in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from 1952 to 1962, and served as district chairman for four years. Olson was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, 1964], and 1968.

Olson served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1967. He lost his bid for re-election in 1966. He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1969 to 1976. He was elected president of the state senate in 1973. When Wendell Anderson resigned the governorship to become a U.S. Senator in 1976, Olson, as the president of the State Senate, became the lieutenant governor; we would serve from December 29, 1976, to January 3, 1979. He was Rudy Perpich's running mate in Minnesota's 1978 race for governor.

Preceded by
Rudy Perpich
40th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
1976-1979
Succeeded by
Lou Wangberg
Preceded by
Fred Marshall
U.S. Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Minnesota
1963-1967
Succeeded by
John Zwach