Otto Krueger

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Otto G. Krueger

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). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Krueger moved to Lodi, California, in 1959 and engaged in accounting and farming. He died there on June 6, 1963, and was interred in Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery.

Sources

United States Congress. "Otto Krueger (id: K000332)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Carl Anderson	North Dakota State Treasurer 1945	Succeeded by Hjalmer W. Swenson
Preceded by Oscar E. Erickson	Insurance Commissioner of North Dakota 1945–1950	Succeeded by Alfred J. Jensen
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Fred G. Aandahl	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's 1st congressional district 1953–1959	Succeeded by Don L. Short

Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota

One seat at-large (1889–1903)

Two seats at-large (1903–1913)

Seat A	Marshall Hanna

Seat B	Spalding Gronna Helgesen

Three districts (1913–1933)

1st district	Helgesen Baer Burtness

2nd district	Young Hall

3rd district	Norton Sinclair

Two seats at-large (1933–1963)

Seat A	Sinclair U. Burdick Robertson U. Burdick Q. Burdick Nygaard

Seat B	Lemke Robertson Lemke Aandahl Krueger Short

Two districts (1963–1973)

1st district	Nygaard Andrews

2nd district	Short Redlin Kleppe Link

One seat at-large (1973–present)

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