Otto Krueger (politician) explained

Otto Krueger
State:North Dakota
Term Start:January 3, 1953
Term End:January 3, 1959
Predecessor:Fred G. Aandahl
Successor:Don L. Short
Office1:11th North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
Governor1:Fred G. Aandahl
Term Start1:1945
Term End1:1950
Predecessor1:Oscar E. Erickson
Successor1:Alfred J. Jensen
Office2:18th North Dakota State Treasurer
Governor2:Fred G. Aandahl
Term Start2:1944
Term End2:1945
Predecessor2:Carl Anderson
Successor2:Hjalmer W. Swenson
Birth Date:7 September 1890
Birth Place:Volhynia, Russia
Death Place:Lodi, California, U.S
Serviceyears:1918–1919
Rank:Private
Unit:Infantry
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Otto G. Krueger (September 7, 1890 – June 6, 1963) was a North Dakota politician who served as the North Dakota State Treasurer and the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner at different periods during the 1940s. He later served as a U.S. Representative from his state in the 1950s.

Biography

Krueger was born of German parents in the Volinia district of southwest Russia in 1890. He attended grade and high school in Russian and German schools, and immigrated to the United States in June 1910 and settled in Fessenden, North Dakota. He furthered his education through grade and high schools and two years of business school in Fargo, North Dakota and Great Falls, Montana. During the First World War he served as a private in the Infantry from April 1918 to May 1919, with overseas service in the 91st division. He served as the county auditor for Wells County, North Dakota from 1920 to 1940 and a clerk of the Fessenden School District from 1922 to 1940. He was elected as the North Dakota State Treasurer in 1944, but resigned from the position on September 7, 1945. His resignation was in order to fill the office of North Dakota Insurance Commissioner which was vacated by the late Oscar E. Erickson. He served in that capacity until 1950 when he did not seek re-election. After leaving the office, he served as the treasurer of the Republican Party until 1952.

Krueger was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959). Krueger voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Krueger relocated to Lodi, California, in 1959, where he pursued a career in accounting and farming. He died on June 6, 1963, in Lodi and was laid to rest at Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.. GovTrack.us.