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Fred George Aandahl
Fred George Aandahl (April 9, 1897–April 7, 1966) was an American politician from North Dakota. He was governor of North Dakota from 1945 to 1951 and a U.S. Representative from 1951 to 1953.
Aandahl was born in Litchville, Barnes County, North Dakota. He graduated from Litchville High School, and then from the University of North Dakota in 1921 and became a farmer. He was superintendent of Litchville's schools from 1922 to 1927. In 1931, 1939 and 1941 he was member of the North Dakota state senate. From 1945 to 1951 he was governor of the state.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second United States Congress (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1953). He was not a candidate for the Eighty-third Congress in 1952, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate. From 1953 to 1961 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior .
Aandahl died in Fargo, North Dakota and was interred in Hillside Cemetery, Valley City, North Dakota.
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