caption predecessor successor death_date death_place imagesize party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
simon s. mcdonald none elmer w. cart may 24 , 1956 bismarck , north dakota 150px republican north dakota public service commissioner december 11 , 1869 january 1 , 1941 ssmcdonald.jpg simon s. mcdonald
 december 31 , 1948 simon s. mcdonald
simon s. mcdonald

simon s. mcdonald -lrb- december 11 , 1869 -- may 24 , 1956 -rrb- was a north dakota republican party politician who served as a north dakota public service commissioner from 1941 to 1948 .
prior to 1941 , his title was north dakota railroad commissioner .
he had served in that position since 1937 .
