Alec G. Olson

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Alec Gehard Olson
40th Lieutenant Governor Minnesota
In office December 29, 1976 – January 3, 1979
Governor	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Rudy Perpich
Succeeded by	Lou Wangberg
Born	September 11, 1930 (1930-09-11) (age 77) Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Political party	Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse	Janice Ruth Albrecht (1957)
Profession	insurance representative, farmer

Alec Gehard Olson (b. September 11, 1930) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was born in Mamre Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

Olson attended public schools and graduated from Willmar High School in 1948. He engaged in farming between 1948 and 1955 and was employed as an insurance representative from 1955 to 1962. He was active in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party from 1952 to 1962, and served as district chairman for four years. Olson was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960, 1964, and 1968.

Olson served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 88th and 89th congresses, (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967). He lost his bid for re-election in 1966. He served in the Minnesota Senate from 1969 to 1976. He was elected 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 to January 3, 1979 and was Rudy Perpich's running mate in Minnesota's 1978 race for governor.

[edit] References

• Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
• Minnesota Historical Society

• Alec G. Olson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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