page_title: Joseph A. A. Burnquist
section_title: Governor of Minnesota
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph A. A. Burnquist / Political career / Governor of Minnesota
caption_attribution_description: English: Election poster for Joseph A.A. Burnquist. From 1918. Poster Collection, Political poster 1918. Location no. J2 1918 b1.
context_page_description: Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist was an American attorney and Republican politician. He served in the Minnesota State Legislature from 1909 to 1911, was elected the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1912, and then served as the 19th Governor of Minnesota from December 30, 1915 to January 5, 1921. He became governor after the death of Governor Winfield Scott Hammond. Burnquist returned to serve as Minnesota Attorney General from January 2, 1939 until January 3, 1955.
context_section_description: During his second term as lieutenant governor, he succeeded Governor Hammond, who died in office  unexpectedly.
  Turbulent times surrounded America's entrance into World War I in 1917. In 1917, Burnquist created commissioned the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to monitor public sentiment toward the war.  The seven-member commission, ostensibly nonpartisan, firmly opposed any action its members considered suspect.  Burnquist also initiated legislation that improved the state highways, disaster assistance programs, labor relations, and, especially the welfare of children.
caption: 1918 election poster
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