Gottfried Lindsten | |
Order: | 29th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota |
Term Start: | January 4, 1937 |
Term End: | January 2, 1939 |
Governor: | Elmer Austin Benson |
Predecessor: | William B. Richardson as Acting Lieutenant Governor |
Successor: | C. Elmer Anderson |
Birth Date: | June 27, 1887 |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Death Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Party: | Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party |
Profession: | alderman, lobbyist, railroad conductor |
Spouse: | Pearle |
Gottfried T. Lindsten (June 27, 1887 – June 2, 1961) was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.[1] [2]
Gottfried T. Lindsten was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He had been employed as a railroad conductor and later as an alderman and lobbyist. He became Lieutenant Governor under Governor Elmer Austin Benson serving from January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939. He was an alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota in 1944. He died in 1961 in Minneapolis.[3]