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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Lieutenant</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Arens" title="Henry M. Arens">Henry M. Arens</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Konrad_K._Solberg" title="Konrad K. Solberg">Konrad K. Solberg</a><br />Hjalmar Petersen</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Christianson" title="Theodore Christianson">Theodore Christianson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen" title="Hjalmar Petersen">Hjalmar Petersen</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/County_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="County Attorney">County Attorney</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin County</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />September 13, 1920 – January 6, 1931</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1891-11-13</span>)</span>November 13, 1891<br /><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 22, 1936<span style="display:none">(1936-08-22)</span> (aged 44)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Minnesota" title="Rochester, Minnesota">Rochester, Minnesota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Lakewood_Cemetery" title="Lakewood Cemetery">Lakewood Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> (after 1924)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1924)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Ada Krejci</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Patricia Olson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Mitchell_College_of_Law" title="William Mitchell College of Law">Northwestern College of Law</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Floyd Bjørnstjerne "Skipper" Olson</b> (November 13, 1891 – August 22, 1936) was an American politician and lawyer. A three-term governor, he served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Minnesota">22nd Governor of Minnesota</a> from January 6, 1931, to August 22, 1936, when he died in office at the age of forty-four. Olson was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party</a>, and the first member of that party to win the office of governor. He was a prominent governor of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> and an influential American politician.<sup id="cite_ref-OlsonHeight_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlsonHeight-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Floyd_B._Olson" title="Special:EditPage/Floyd B. 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Olson was born on the north side of <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>, Minnesota, the only child of a <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> father, Paul Olsen, and a <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> mother, Ida Maria (Nilsdotter).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The North Side neighborhood where Olson grew up was the home of a sizable <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox Jewish</a> community, and Olson's friendships with some of the local Jewish families led him to serve as a <a href="/wiki/Shabbos_goy" title="Shabbos goy">shabbos goy</a>, assisting Jews on the Sabbath by performing actions they were not permitted to do. Olson picked up <a href="/wiki/Yiddish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a> from his childhood associations with his Jewish neighbors and years later spoke the language fluently while campaigning in Jewish communities, in addition to having several Jews serve him in advisory roles while in elected office.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After graduating from <a href="/wiki/North_High_School_(Minneapolis,_Minnesota)" class="mw-redirect" title="North High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)">North High School</a> in Minneapolis in 1909, Olson went to work for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Pacific_Railway" title="Northern Pacific Railway">Northern Pacific Railway</a>. The next year, he enrolled at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a>, but he left after only a year, during which he was always in trouble for wearing a <a href="/wiki/Derby_hat" class="mw-redirect" title="Derby hat">derby</a> in violation of school rules and for refusing to participate in required <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Officers%27_Training_Corps" title="Reserve Officers' Training Corps">ROTC</a> drills. </p><p>Heading west, Olson worked a series of odd jobs in Canada and <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a> before settling briefly in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, where he became a <a href="/wiki/Stevedore" class="mw-redirect" title="Stevedore">stevedore</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World" title="Industrial Workers of the World">Industrial Workers of the World</a>. During this time, Olson read widely and began to adopt a <a href="/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populist</a>, semi-socialist philosophy he would retain for the rest of his life. </p><p>Returning to Minnesota in 1913, Olson enrolled at <a href="/wiki/William_Mitchell_College_of_Law" title="William Mitchell College of Law">William Mitchell College of Law</a> (then the Northwestern College of Law), earning his degree in 1915. That same year, he met and married Ada Krejci in <a href="/wiki/New_Prague,_Minnesota" title="New Prague, Minnesota">New Prague, Minnesota</a>, and became a practicing lawyer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hennepin_County_Attorney">Hennepin County Attorney</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hennepin County Attorney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1919, Olson was hired as an Assistant <a href="/wiki/Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin County</a> Attorney and by the following year had himself become the Hennepin County Attorney after the previous attorney was fired for accepting <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribes</a>. </p><p>During that period, he made his first foray into politics when he helped form the <a href="/wiki/Committee_of_48" title="Committee of 48">Committee of 48</a>, an organization that attempted to <a href="/wiki/Draft_(politics)" title="Draft (politics)">draft</a> Senator <a href="/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette" title="Robert M. La Follette">Robert M. La Follette</a> to run for <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Third_party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third party (United States)">third-party</a> ticket. The effort proved unsuccessful, but La Follette would later run on the <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1924)" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Party (United States, 1924)">Progressive Party</a> ticket in 1924. That same year, Olson ran in the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> for the local seat in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> but lost. </p><p>As Hennepin County Attorney, Olson quickly earned a name for himself as a stern <a href="/wiki/Prosecutor" title="Prosecutor">prosecutor</a> who relished going after crooked businessmen. He took on the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> in a well-publicized case that brought both respect and <a href="/wiki/Death_threat" title="Death threat">death threats</a> and was reelected to the position in 1922 and 1926. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidate_for_governor">Candidate for governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidate for governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1923, Olson brought a case against the leaders of the Minnesota Citizens Alliance, a conservative business organization dedicated to preserving <a href="/wiki/Right-to-work_law" title="Right-to-work law">right-to-work laws</a>, after they hired a hitman to dynamite the home of a <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">union</a> leader. Olson's vigorous pursuit of the Citizens Alliance made him a hero to the local labor movement, which encouraged him to run for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer-Labor_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party">Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party</a>'s gubernatorial nomination in 1924. </p><p>Having secured the <a href="/wiki/Political_endorsement" title="Political endorsement">endorsement</a> of the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Central Committee, Olson narrowly won the nomination in a bitterly fought primary. Buoyed by La Follette's presidential campaign (La Follette endorsed Olson and vice versa), he received 43% of the vote to <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Christianson" title="Theodore Christianson">Theodore Christianson</a>'s 48%. Democratic candidate <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Avery" title="Carlos Avery">Carlos Avery</a> came in a distant third with 6%. </p><p>Four years later, in 1928, the new "Farmer-Labor Association" (which had changed its name to avoid being linked with local communists) attempted to draft Olson to run for governor again. Although the party committee once again endorsed him and this time guaranteed that he would not face a primary battle, Olson declined to run. In the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1928" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1928">U.S. presidential election, 1928</a>, the Farmer-Labor candidate lost in the Republican landslide that accompanied <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>'s election. </p><p>By 1930, however, the <a href="/wiki/Stock_market" title="Stock market">stock market</a> had crashed, and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> had begun. After the party's newspaper urged that Olson be drafted, he easily won the nomination. Forming a coalition of farmers, <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">organized labor</a>, and small businessmen, Olson swept to a landslide victory in the <a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election">election</a>, receiving 59% of the vote in a four-way race and winning 82 of the state's 87 <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olson_as_governor">Olson as governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Olson as governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Painting_of_Governor_Floyd_B._Olson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Painting_of_Governor_Floyd_B._Olson.jpg/220px-Painting_of_Governor_Floyd_B._Olson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Painting_of_Governor_Floyd_B._Olson.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Olson as Governor</figcaption></figure> <p>At the time Olson assumed his office, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota's legislature</a> was officially non-partisan but was in reality dominated by conservative Republicans who opposed most of what Olson stood for.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nevertheless, Olson soon proved himself skilled at the art of politics and managed to fulfill the vast majority of his campaign promises. During his three terms as governor, Olson proposed, and the legislature passed, bills that instituted a <a href="/wiki/Progressive_tax" title="Progressive tax">progressive income tax</a>, created a <a href="/wiki/Social_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Social security">social security</a> program for the elderly, expanded the state's <a href="/wiki/Conservation_ethic" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation ethic">environmental conservation</a> programs, guaranteed <a href="/wiki/Equal_pay_for_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Equal pay for women">equal pay for women</a> and the right to <a href="/wiki/Collective_bargaining" title="Collective bargaining">collective bargaining</a>, and instituted a <a href="/wiki/Minimum_wage" title="Minimum wage">minimum wage</a> and a system of <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_benefit" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployment benefit">unemployment insurance</a>. </p><p>Despite these changes, the thing Olson wanted the most, a bill that would have put Minnesota's electric utilities, iron mines, oil fields, grain elevators, and <a href="/wiki/Meat_packing_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Meat packing industry">meatpacking plants</a> under <a href="/wiki/Public_ownership" class="mw-redirect" title="Public ownership">state ownership</a>, never saw the light of day, as the legislature balked at what they saw as socialism and Olson insisted was "<a href="/wiki/Cooperative_economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooperative economics">cooperativism</a>". </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/Party_platform" title="Party platform">platform</a> of his party grew successively more radical, Olson's support amongst the middle class gradually began to erode. His vigorous support from labor and agriculture, however, remained undiminished and he was easily reelected in <a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1932</a> and <a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1934</a>. </p><p> In 1933, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine quoted Olson speaking from the steps of the state capitol:</p><blockquote><p>I am making a last appeal to the Legislature. If the Senate does not make provision for the sufferers in the State and the Federal Government refuses to aid, I shall invoke the powers I hold and shall declare martial law. ... A lot of people who are now fighting [relief] measures because they happen to possess considerable wealth will be brought in by provost guard and be obliged to give up more than they would now. There is not going to be misery in this State if I can humanly prevent it. ... Unless the Federal and State governments act to insure against recurrence of the present situation, I hope the present system of government goes right down to hell.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On May 16, 1934, the trucker's union in Minneapolis started a strike (<a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Teamsters_Strike_of_1934" class="mw-redirect" title="Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934">Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934</a>) that quickly resulted in open violence. The violence ebbed and flowed for the next two months until Governor Olson declared martial law on July 26, and mobilized 4,000 National Guardsmen under the command of Adjutant General Ellard A. Walsh. Walsh used a combination of checkpoints, security patrols, and curfews to restore order. As the violence subsided, negotiations resumed, and an agreement was reached to end the labor dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-MHSM_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MHSM-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite considerable achievements and widespread support, Olson's administration was marred by allegations made by crusading newspaper editor <a href="/wiki/Walter_Liggett" title="Walter Liggett">Walter Liggett</a> that there were links between some members of his administration and organized crime. No evidence ever implicated Olson personally, however. Liggett was gunned down in front of his family in 1935. <a href="/wiki/Kid_Cann" title="Kid Cann">Kid Cann</a>, a Minnesota gangster, was charged with but not convicted of the killing. </p><p>Olson and his Farmer-Labor Party made an informal alliance with President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and supported him in 1936. Roosevelt was building the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal_coalition" title="New Deal coalition">New Deal coalition</a> and wanted the solid base Olson could promise in Minnesota, where the Democrats were a weak third party.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Roosevelt had a deal with Olson whereby the FLP would get federal patronage, and in turn the FLP would work to block a third-party ticket against Roosevelt in 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_days">Final days</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Final days"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1935, Olson ruled out the possibility of running for president in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1936" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1936">1936 election</a>, as a third-party candidate. Instead, on November 18, 1935, he announced his intention to run against longtime incumbent <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Schall" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Schall">Thomas Schall</a> for one of Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> seats.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His chances improved the next month when Senator Schall died in office following a road accident, and <a href="/wiki/Elmer_Benson" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmer Benson">Elmer Benson</a>, the interim successor to Schall chosen by Olson, promised not to run for the seat in the 1936 election. </p><p>However, Olson's own health was beginning to fail. Having suffered from severe <a href="/wiki/Peptic_ulcer" class="mw-redirect" title="Peptic ulcer">ulcers</a> ever since his election, Olson went to the <a href="/wiki/Mayo_Clinic" title="Mayo Clinic">Mayo Clinic</a> in December 1935 and was diagnosed with stomach cancer (although sources differ on what type of cancer it was, stomach cancer is the most likely candidate). The cancer would eventually prove fatal. Olson was not told of the seriousness of his condition, as was the practice of the day. </p><p>Thus reassured of his "good health", Olson proceeded to further weaken himself by not only resuming his duties as governor but also beginning to organize his party's <a href="/wiki/Political_convention" class="mw-redirect" title="Political convention">state convention</a> and returning to his senatorial campaign. As he stumped across the state, promising to support federal ownership of <a href="/wiki/Monopoly" title="Monopoly">monopolies</a>, his cancer <a href="/wiki/Metastasis" title="Metastasis">metastasized</a>. </p><p>Olson last made a public appearance on June 29, 1936, giving a stump speech in <a href="/wiki/Minnehaha_Falls" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnehaha Falls">Minnehaha Park</a> in Minneapolis. The next day, he returned to the Mayo Clinic for treatment, but it was too late. He died there on August 22 at the age of 44. </p><p>Olson has gone on to inspire generations of activists and politicians in Minnesota. He was easily one of the state's most influential politicians. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monuments">Monuments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson,_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg/150px-Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg/225px-Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg/300px-Statue_of_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_North_Minneapolis_2017-08-02_-_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3697" data-file-height="5546" /></a><figcaption>Olson Memorial Highway statue</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson,_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg/150px-Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg/225px-Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg/300px-Monument_to_Floyd_B._Olson%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol_2018-01-19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5559" data-file-height="4807" /></a><figcaption>Memorial in the Minnesota State Capitol</figcaption></figure> <p>Since his death, dozens of <a href="/wiki/Statue" title="Statue">statues</a> of Olson have been constructed throughout the state, many of which declare him to be the state's "greatest governor". </p><p>Shortly after Olson died, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Highway_55" title="Minnesota State Highway 55">Minnesota State Highway 55</a> (a highway that was then being constructed) was renamed the "Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway" in his honor. A proposal by the <a href="/wiki/Taxpayers_League_of_Minnesota" title="Taxpayers League of Minnesota">Taxpayers League</a> in late 2004 to rename the highway after the recently deceased President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> met with widespread public condemnation and was soon abandoned.<sup id="cite_ref-Brain090404_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brain090404-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974, <a href="/wiki/Floyd_B._Olson_House" title="Floyd B. Olson House">Olson's home</a> at 1914 West 49th Street in <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1920:_U.S._Representative">1920: U.S. Representative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1920: U.S. Representative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1920 Minnesota 5th District U.S. Representative election (Democratic primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>T. O. Dahl </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>1,263 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55.13% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Floyd B. Olson </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,028 </td> <td style="text-align:right">44.87% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>2,291 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1924:_Governor_of_Minnesota">1924: Governor of Minnesota</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1924: Governor of Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924 (Farmer–Labor primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>55,825 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>28.13% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Tom Davis </td> <td style="text-align:right">55,532 </td> <td style="text-align:right">27.99% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">I. A. Fritsche </td> <td style="text-align:right">41,831 </td> <td style="text-align:right">21.08% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Victor E. Lawson </td> <td style="text-align:right">20,784 </td> <td style="text-align:right">10.47% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">W. W. Royster </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,083 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.58% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">William A. Schaper </td> <td style="text-align:right">8,134 </td> <td style="text-align:right">4.10% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Vollom </td> <td style="text-align:right">7,245 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.65% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>198,434 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_gubernatorial_election,_1924" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924">Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924</a> (General election) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Christianson" title="Theodore Christianson">Theodore Christianson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>406,692 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.71% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Floyd B. Olson </td> <td style="text-align:right">366,029 </td> <td style="text-align:right">43.84% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Avery" title="Carlos Avery">Carlos Avery</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">49,353 </td> <td style="text-align:right">5.91% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF00FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prohibition Party (United States)">Prohibition</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Ferch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michael Ferch (page does not exist)">Michael Ferch</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">9,052 </td> <td style="text-align:right">1.08% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#666633;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Industrial_Party_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Industrial Party (United States) (page does not exist)">Industrial</a> </td> <td class="fn">Oscar Anderson </td> <td style="text-align:right">3,876 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.46% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>835,002 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1930:_Governor_of_Minnesota">1930: Governor of Minnesota</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1930: Governor of Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930 (Farmer–Labor primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>60,455 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>83.68% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Carl E. Taylor </td> <td style="text-align:right">11,791 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.32% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>72,246 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_gubernatorial_election,_1930" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930">Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930</a> (General election) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>473,154 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.34% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ray_P._Chase" title="Ray P. Chase">Ray P. Chase</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">289,528 </td> <td style="text-align:right">36.31% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Indrehus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Indrehus (page does not exist)">Edward Indrehus</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">29,109 </td> <td style="text-align:right">3.65% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D50000;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Karl Reeve </td> <td style="text-align:right">5,594 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.70% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>797,385 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1932:_Governor_of_Minnesota">1932: Governor of Minnesota</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1932: Governor of Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_gubernatorial_election,_1932" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1932">Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1932</a> (General election) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>522,438 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>50.57% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earle_Brown_(Minnesota_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Earle Brown (Minnesota politician) (page does not exist)">Earle Brown</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">334,081 </td> <td style="text-align:right">32.34% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_E._Regan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John E. Regan (page does not exist)">John E. Regan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">169,859 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.44% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D50000;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Schneiderman" title="William Schneiderman">William Schneiderman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,807 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.47% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#666633;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Industrial_Party_(United_States)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Industrial Party (United States) (page does not exist)">Industrial</a> </td> <td class="fn">John P. Johnson </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,824 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.18% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,033,009 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1934:_Governor_of_Minnesota">1934: Governor of Minnesota</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1934: Governor of Minnesota"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934 (Farmer–Labor primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>238,821 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>87.77% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Lind </td> <td style="text-align:right">33,268 </td> <td style="text-align:right">12.23% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>272,089 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_gubernatorial_election,_1934" class="mw-redirect" title="Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934">Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934</a> (General election) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>468,812 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.61% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota" title="Republican Party of Minnesota">Republican</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Martin_A._Nelson" title="Martin A. Nelson">Martin A. Nelson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">396,359 </td> <td style="text-align:right">37.72% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#3333FF;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Party of Minnesota">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_E._Regan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John E. Regan (page does not exist)">John E. Regan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">176,928 </td> <td style="text-align:right">16.84% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Arthur C. Townley </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,454 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.42% </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#D50000;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_USA" title="Communist Party USA">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Samuel K. Davis </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,334 </td> <td style="text-align:right">0.41% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,050,887 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1936:_U.S._Senator">1936: U.S. Senator</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1936: U.S. Senator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption>1936 Minnesota U.S. Senate election (Farmer–Labor primary) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Floyd B. Olson </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>175,652 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>92.64% </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#66FF99;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> </td> <td class="fn">Carl E. Taylor </td> <td style="text-align:right">13,952 </td> <td style="text-align:right">7.36% </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;">Total votes </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>189,604 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00% </b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_of_Rosedale" class="mw-redirect" title="Floyd of Rosedale">Floyd of Rosedale</a>, a sculpture of a pig that Governor Olson won in a football bet.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Specific</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-OlsonHeight-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OlsonHeight_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBlegenHeilbron1986" class="citation book cs1">Blegen, Theodore Christian; Heilbron, Bertha Lion (1986). <i>Minnesota History, Volume 50</i>. 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Olson, ed. <i>Historical Dictionary of the New Deal</i> (1985) pp 164-165.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clifford Edward Clark, ed. <i>Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People since 1900</i> (1989). pp 375-379.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Olson Planning to Run Against Senator Schall", <i><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lea_Evening_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Lea Evening Tribune">Albert Lea Evening Tribune</a></i>, 1935-11-19, at p. 1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Brain090404-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Brain090404_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO'Rourke2004" class="citation news cs1">O'Rourke, Mike (September 4, 2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171323/http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/forget-reagan-highway">"Forget Reagan Highway"</a>. <i>Brainerd Dispatch</i>. 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Olson in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Clark, Clifford Edward. <i>Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People since 1900</i> (1989). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0873512343" title="Special:BookSources/978-0873512343">978-0873512343</a></li> <li>Gieske, Millard L. <i>Minnesota farmer-laborism: the third-party alternative</i> (U of Minnesota Press, 1979). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0816657735" title="Special:BookSources/978-0816657735">978-0816657735</a></li> <li>Holbo, Paul S. "The Farmer-Labor Association: Minnesota's Party within a Party." <i>Minnesota History</i> 38.7 (1963): 301–309. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20176512">online</a></li> <li>Lovin, Hugh T. "The Fall of Farmer-Labor Parties, 1936-1938." <i>Pacific Northwest Quarterly</i> 62.1 (1971): 16–26.</li> <li>Mayer, George H. <i>The Political Career of Floyd B. Olson</i> (The University of Minnesota Press, 1951) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0873512060" title="Special:BookSources/978-0873512060">978-0873512060</a></li> <li>Palmer, Bryan D. <i>Revolutionary teamsters: The Minneapolis truckers’ strikes of 1934</i> (Brill, 2013). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9004254206" title="Special:BookSources/978-9004254206">978-9004254206</a></li> <li>Valelly, Richard M. <i>Radicalism in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the American Political Economy</i> (U of Chicago Press, 1989) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/radicalisminstat0000vale">online</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0226845357" title="Special:BookSources/978-0226845357">978-0226845357</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links_2">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Floyd_B._Olson&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDelegard2015" class="citation web cs1">Delegard, Kirsten (September 1, 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://historyapolis.com/who-was-floyd-olson/">"Who was Floyd 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href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1924_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1924 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1924</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Magnus Johnson</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lundeen" title="Ernest Lundeen">Ernest Lundeen</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1930_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1930</a>, <a href="/wiki/1932_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1932</a>, <a href="/wiki/1934_Minnesota_gubernatorial_election" title="1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election">1934</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Austin_Benson" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmer Austin Benson">Elmer Austin Benson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_Senate_election_in_Minnesota" title="1936 United States Senate election in Minnesota">1936</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Ernest Lundeen</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Christianson" title="Theodore Christianson">Theodore Christianson</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a> </b><br />1931–1936 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen" title="Hjalmar Petersen">Hjalmar Petersen</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> 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Hayne">Robert Y. Hayne</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of governors of South Carolina">SC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Decatur_Miller" title="Stephen Decatur Miller">Stephen D. Miller</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of governors of South Carolina">SC</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FFFF99;"><a href="/wiki/Anti-Masonic_Party" title="Anti-Masonic Party">Anti-Masonic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Palmer" title="William A. Palmer">William A. Palmer</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of governors of Vermont">VT</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ritner" title="Joseph Ritner">Joseph Ritner</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of governors of Pennsylvania">PA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #00DDDD;"><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Order_Party_of_Rhode_Island" title="Law and Order Party of Rhode Island">Law and Order</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Diman" title="Byron Diman">Byron Diman</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of governors of Rhode Island">RI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fenner" title="James Fenner">James Fenner</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of governors of Rhode Island">RI</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #D99FE8;"><a href="/wiki/Know_Nothing" title="Know Nothing">Know Nothing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gardner" title="Henry Gardner">Henry Gardner</a> (<a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Governor of Massachusetts">MA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holliday_Hicks" title="Thomas Holliday Hicks">Thomas H. Hicks</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Maryland" title="List of governors of Maryland">MD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Neely_Johnson" title="J. Neely Johnson">J. Neely Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_California" title="List of governors of California">CA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Metcalf_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="Ralph Metcalf (New Hampshire politician)">Ralph Metcalf</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_New_Hampshire" title="List of governors of New Hampshire">NH</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_T._Minor" title="William T. Minor">William T. Minor</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Connecticut" title="List of governors of Connecticut">CT</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Morehead" title="Charles S. Morehead">Charles S. Morehead</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kentucky" title="List of governors of Kentucky">KY</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_F._Causey" title="Peter F. Causey">Peter F. Causey</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">DE</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ffaacc;"><a href="/wiki/Union_Party_(United_States,_1850)" title="Union Party (United States, 1850)">Union</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Howell_Cobb" title="Howell Cobb">Howell Cobb</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Georgia" title="List of governors of Georgia">GA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Foote" title="Henry S. Foote">Henry S. Foote</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Mississippi" title="List of governors of Mississippi">MS</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #B22222;"><a href="/wiki/National_Union_Party_(United_States)" title="National Union Party (United States)">National Union</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Brough" title="John Brough">John Brough</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Ohio" title="List of governors of Ohio">OH</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_P._Morton" title="Oliver P. Morton">Oliver P. Morton</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Indiana" title="List of governors of Indiana">IN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_M._Pease" title="Elisha M. Pease">Elisha M. Pease</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas" title="List of governors of Texas">TX</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #ACE1AF;"><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Party_(United_States)" title="People's Party (United States)">Populist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Silas_A._Holcomb" title="Silas A. Holcomb">Silas A. Holcomb</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">NE</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_E._Lee" title="Andrew E. Lee">Andrew E. Lee</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_South_Dakota" title="List of governors of South Dakota">SD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Leedy" title="John W. Leedy">John W. Leedy</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">KS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_D._Lewelling" title="Lorenzo D. Lewelling">Lorenzo D. Lewelling</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Kansas" title="List of governors of Kansas">KS</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvester_Pennoyer" title="Sylvester Pennoyer">Sylvester Pennoyer</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Oregon" title="List of governors of Oregon">OR</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._Poynter" title="William A. Poynter">William A. Poynter</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nebraska" title="List of governors of Nebraska">NE</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rankin_Rogers" title="John Rankin Rogers">John R. Rogers</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Washington" title="List of governors of Washington">WA</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Hanson_Waite" title="Davis Hanson Waite">Davis H. Waite</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Colorado" class="mw-redirect" title="List of governors of Colorado">CO</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #A3BFBA;"><a href="/wiki/Silver_Party" title="Silver Party">Silver</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Denver_S._Dickerson" title="Denver S. Dickerson">Denver S. Dickerson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">NV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Jones_(governor)" title="John Edward Jones (governor)">John Jones</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">NV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reinhold_Sadler" title="Reinhold Sadler">Reinhold Sadler</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">NV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sparks_(Nevada_politician)" title="John Sparks (Nevada politician)">John Sparks</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Nevada" title="List of governors of Nevada">NV</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #B63434;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1912%E2%80%931920)" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive Party (United States, 1912–1920)">Progressive (1912)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_M._Carey" title="Joseph M. Carey">Joseph M. Carey</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wyoming" title="List of governors of Wyoming">WY</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiram_Johnson" title="Hiram Johnson">Hiram Johnson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_California" title="List of governors of California">CA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #FCF5D9;"><a href="/wiki/Nonpartisan_League" title="Nonpartisan League">Nonpartisan League</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Frazier" title="Lynn Frazier">Lynn Frazier</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Langer" title="William Langer">William Langer</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Maddock" title="Walter Maddock">Walter Maddock</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ole_H._Olson" title="Ole H. Olson">Ole H. Olson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_G._Sorlie" title="Arthur G. Sorlie">Arthur G. Sorlie</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Welford" title="Walter Welford">Walter Welford</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_North_Dakota" title="List of governors of North Dakota">ND</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #66FF99;"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Farmer%E2%80%93Labor_Party" title="Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party">Farmer–Labor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_A._Benson" title="Elmer A. Benson">Elmer A. Benson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">MN</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Floyd B. Olson</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">MN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hjalmar_Petersen" title="Hjalmar Petersen">Hjalmar Petersen</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Minnesota" title="List of governors of Minnesota">MN</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;box-shadow: inset -5px 0 0 0 #5FD170;"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Progressive_Party" title="Wisconsin Progressive Party">Wisconsin Progressive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_La_Follette" title="Philip La Follette">Philip La Follette</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wisconsin" title="List of governors of Wisconsin">WI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orland_Steen_Loomis" title="Orland Steen Loomis">Orland S. Loomis</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Wisconsin" title="List of governors of Wisconsin">WI</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="color:#FF69B4;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/B._Gratz_Brown" title="B. Gratz Brown">B. Gratz Brown</a> (<a href="/wiki/Liberal_Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Liberal Republican Party (United States)">Liberal Republican</a>–<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Missouri" title="List of governors of Missouri">MO</a>)</li> <li><span style="color:Black;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_E._Cameron" title="William E. Cameron">William E. Cameron</a> (<a href="/wiki/Readjuster_Party" title="Readjuster Party">Readjuster</a>–<a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">VA</a>)</li> <li><span style="color:#FF00FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Johnston_Catts" title="Sidney Johnston Catts">Sidney J. 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