lieutenant death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title
george h. sullivan thomas frankson 12 january 1961 21 july 1879 january 30 , 1915 3 , 1955 january 5 , 1921 december university of minnesota law school minneapolis , minnesota 210px lawyer , politician 21st 19th 20th january 7 , 1913 2 , 1939 december 30 , 1915 january mary louise cross josephburnquist.jpg joseph alfred arner burnquist governor joseph alfred a. burnquist in 1922 william s. ervin winfield scott hammond samuel y. gordon dayton , iowa republican attorney of minnesota general of minnesota governor of minnesota lieutenant governor adolph o. eberhart winfield s. hammond miles sullivan w. lord j. a. o. preus george h. congregationalist joseph a. a. burnquist

joseph a. a. burnquist

joseph alfred arner burnquist -lrb- july 21 , 1879january 12 , 1961 -rrb- was an american 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 .
he later served the state as attorney general from january 2 , 1939 until january 3 , 1955 .
he was a republican .
