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  Nygaard, Hjalmar C.
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NameHjalmar C. Nygaard
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Enderlin, North Dakota , United States
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Born March 24, 1906
Died July 18, 1963 (57 years)
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Infoborn on a farm near Sharon, Steele County, N.Dak., March 24, 1906; attended the public schools of Sharon, Mayville State Teachers College, and the University of North Dakota; taught in the rural schools of Emmons and Steele Counties, 1932-1935; engaged in the grocery business, 1936-1944, at Sharon, N.Dak., and in the hardware business, 1944-1960 at Enderlin, N.Dak.; served as mayor of Sharon and as a member of the school board; member of the State house of representatives, 1949-1960, serving as majority leader in 1955 and 1957 and as speaker in 1959; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and Eighty-eighth Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death July 18, 1963; member, National Monument Commission, 1961-1963; died in the United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1963; interment in City Cemetery, Enderlin, N.Dak


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  11/06/1962 ND District 1 Won 54.64% (+9.27%)
  11/08/1960 ND At-Large Won 25.80% (+0.00%)
  06/28/1960 ND At-Large - R Primary Won 37.13% (+0.00%)
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