Frank A. Wenstrom | |
Office: | 28th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota |
Governor: | William L. Guy |
Term Start: | 1963 |
Term End: | 1965 |
Predecessor: | Orville W. Hagen |
Successor: | Charles Tighe |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1903 |
Birth Place: | Wells County, North Dakota |
Death Place: | Williston, North Dakota |
Party: | Republican |
Frank A. Wenstrom (July 27, 1903 – May 12, 1997) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor William L. Guy. Wenstrom also served in the North Dakota Senate for District 1 from 1957 to 1960 and 1967 to 1986, and was the President of the state's second Constitutional Convention.[1]
Franklin Augustus Wenstrom was born and grew up in Wells County, North Dakota. He was the son of James A. Wenstrom (1874-1963) and Anna (Kringstad) Wenstrom (1874-1967). His parents were of Norwegian and Swedish immigrant heritage. Beginning in 1933, he worked in the oil business in Carrington, North Dakota. In 1945, he became secretary- manager for the Williston (N.D.) Chamber of Commerce. Wenstrom worked as public relations officer for First National Bank of Williston (1951-1960).[2] [3] [4]
In 1938, he was married to Mary Esther Pickett (1907-2002). Wenstrom died at age 93 in 1997 and was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Williston.[5]