Arnold Olsen

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Arnold Olsen (December 17, 1916 - October 11, 1990) was a U.S. Democratic politician.

He was born in Butte, Montana. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Montana and served from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1971. He died in Helena, Montana.

a Representative from Montana; born in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., December 17, 1916; attended Butte public schools, the Montana School of Mines, 1934-1936, and graduated from the Montana State University Law School, Missoula, Mont., 1940; United States Navy, 1942-1946; lawyer, private practice; attorney general of Montana, 1948-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; appointed judge of the second judicial district of Montana, 1975-1990; died on October 11, 1990, in Helena, Mont.

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Preceded by
Lee Metcalf
United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Montana
1961–1971
Succeeded by
Richard G. Shoup