Otto Krueger
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North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
politician who served as the North Dakota State Treasurer
North Dakota State Treasurer
The North Dakota State Treasurer is a political office in North Dakota. The treasurer's duty is to assure sound financial oversight and absolute safety of all public funds collected, managed, and disbursed. The Office of the State Treasurer is separated into five divisions: Administration,...
and the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner regulates the insurance industry in North Dakota, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...
at different periods during the 1940s. He later served as a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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from his state in the 1950s.
Biography
Krueger was born of German parents in the Volinia district of southwest RussiaRussia
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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
Fessenden, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 625 people, 279 households, and 171 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,378.4 people per square mile . There were 306 housing units at an average density of 674.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.20% White, 0.32%...
. He furthered his education through grade and high schools and two years of business school in Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...
and Great Falls, Montana
Great Falls, Montana
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. 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
Wells County, North Dakota
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 5,102 people, 2,215 households, and 1,453 families residing in the county. The population density was 4 people per square mile . There were 2,643 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...
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
North Dakota State Treasurer
The North Dakota State Treasurer is a political office in North Dakota. The treasurer's duty is to assure sound financial oversight and absolute safety of all public funds collected, managed, and disbursed. The Office of the State Treasurer is separated into five divisions: Administration,...
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
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner
The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner regulates the insurance industry in North Dakota, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...
which was vacated by the late Oscar E. Erickson
Oscar E. Erickson
Oscar E. Erickson was a North Dakota politician who served as the North Dakota Insurance Commissioner from 1937 to his death in 1945.-Biography:...
. 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
Republican Party (United States)
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until 1952.
Krueger was elected as a Republican
North Dakota Republican Party
The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party platform is generally conservative.The North Dakota Republican Party is strongly in control of the state's politics...
to the Eighty-third
83rd United States Congress
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, Eighty-fourth
84th United States Congress
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, and Eighty-fifth
85th United States Congress
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Congresses (January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Krueger moved to Lodi, California
Lodi, California
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, in 1959 and engaged in accounting and farming. He died there on June 6, 1963, and was interred in Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery.