Ruth Meiers
Ruth Meiers | |
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33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota | |
In office 1985–1987 | |
Governor | George A. Sinner |
Preceded by | Ernest Sands |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Omdahl |
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Born | November 6, 1925 |
Died | March 19, 1987 61) | (aged
Ruth Meiers (November 6, 1925 – March 19, 1987)[1] was the first female Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota. She became the 33rd Lieutenant Governor in 1985. Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986 and died in office six months later in March 1987. The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor. Meiers was a social worker in Mountrail County, North Dakota. In 1974, Meiers served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Democrat.[2]
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Preceded by Ernest Sands |
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1985–1987 |
Succeeded by Lloyd Omdahl |
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