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Al Quie
35th Governor of Minnesota
In office
January 4, 1979 – January 3, 1983
LieutenantLou Wangberg
Preceded byRudy Perpich
Succeeded byRudy Perpich
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 1st district
In office
February 18, 1958 – January 3, 1979
Preceded byAugust Andresen
Succeeded byArlen Erdahl
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1958
Preceded byHomer Covert
Succeeded byArnin Sundet
Personal details
Born (1923-09-18) September 18, 1923 (age 101)
Dennison, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGretchen Hansen (1948–2015; her death)
Children5
EducationSt. Olaf College (BA)
Quie in 1977

Albert Harold "Al" Quie (born September 18, 1923) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.[1]

State and national government service

A Republican, Quie was a member of the Minnesota State Senate from 1955 to 1958, representing the old 18th District, which encompassed Rice County in the southeastern part of the state.[2] He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election after the death of Representative August Andresen, and served from February 18, 1958, to January 3, 1979. He was a member of the 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th and 95th Congresses.[3]

Quie was briefly considered for Vice President of the United States in 1974 after Gerald Ford became president upon the resignation of Richard Nixon. The position was eventually taken by Nelson Rockefeller.[4]

Quie was elected governor of Minnesota in 1978.[1] During his single term, he dealt with an extreme budget crisis, and made some very tough and unpopular choices. He opted not to run again in 1982.[5]

Background, education, and family

Quie was born on his family's farm near Dennison, Minnesota, in Rice County. Three of his grandparents were Norwegian immigrants.[6] He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield in 1950 with a degree in political science.

Quie's wife, artist and former First Lady of Minnesota Gretchen Quie, died of Parkinson's Disease on December 13, 2015, at the age of 88.[7]

In Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon Days, Quie is said to be the first governor ever to set foot in the mythical town of Lake Wobegon, "slipping quietly away from his duties to attend a ceremony dedicating a plaque attached to the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian" and making a few remarks.

References

  1. ^ a b Al (Albert Harold) Quie : Governors of Minnesota. Mnhs.Org. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Quie, Albert Harold "Al". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
  3. ^ QUIE, Albert Harold – Biographical Information. Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
  4. ^ The Talent Search – Time. Time.com (August 19, 1974). Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
  5. ^ Crossing the partisan divide: Minnesota budgets and politics in the 1980s. MinnPost. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.
  6. ^ "United States Census, 1930", FamilySearch, retrieved March 18, 2018
  7. ^ Salisbury, Bill (December 14, 2015). "Gretchen Quie, opened governor's house to public, dies at 88". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 1st congressional district
1958–1979 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Response to the State of the Union address
1968
Served alongside: Howard Baker, George H. W. Bush, Peter Dominick, Gerald Ford, Robert Griffin, Thomas Kuchel, Mel Laird, Bob Mathias, George Murphy, Dick Poff, Chuck Percy, Charlotte Reid, Hugh Scott, Bill Steiger, John Tower 		Vacant
Title next held by
Donald Fraser, Scoop Jackson, Mike Mansfield, John McCormack, Patsy Mink, Ed Muskie, Bill Proxmire
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of Minnesota
1978 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Rudy Perpich
 Governor of Minnesota
1979–1983 		Succeeded by
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