children birth_date term_end image_size profession footnotes order term_start spouse image grandchildren name caption predecessor birth_place party office state district governor successor article_title
alan , erik , denise , daren 11 september 1930 january 3 , 1967 3 , 1979 december 29 , 1976 january 150px insurance representative , farmer * served as state senate president . starting in 1973 , from senate presidents were selected from the body . statehood until 1973 , the lieutenant governor 40th 1st december 1963 29 , 1976 january 1973 january 3 , janice ruth albrecht -lrb- 1957 -rrb- alec g olson.png alex , dillon , dillon , emily , aaron , adam , sara , chrissy alec olson olson as a u.s. representative in 1963 rudy * fred marshall perpich rudy perpich -lrb- as lieutenant governor -rrb- mamre township , kandiyohi county , minnesota minnesota democratic-farmer-labor party lieutenant governor of minnesota president of the minnesota senate minnesota 6th rudy perpich lou wangberg edward j. gearty john m. zwach alec g. olson

alec g. olson

alec gehard olson -lrb- born september 11 , 1930 -rrb- is a former member of the u.s. house of representatives , a former state senator , who served as the 40th lieutenant governor of minnesota .
he was born in mamre township in kandiyohi county , minnesota .
olson attended public schools and graduated from willmar high school in 1948 .
he farmed between 1948 and 1955 , and was an insurance representative from 1955 to 1962 .
he was active in the minnesota democratic-farmer-labor party from 1952 to 1962 , serving as a district chairman for four years .
he was a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1960 , 1964 and 1968 .
olson served in the u.s. house of representatives from january 3 , 1963 , to january 3 , 1967 , during the 88th and 89th congresses .
he lost his bid for re-election in 1966 .
olson served in the minnesota senate from 1969 to 1976 and was president of the state senate in 1973 .
when wendell anderson resigned the governorship to become a u.s. senator in 1976 , olson became the lieutenant governor ; he served from december 29 , 1976 -- january 3 , 1979 and was rudy perpich 's running mate in minnesota 's 1978 gubernatorial race .
