Asle Gronna

Asle Gronna

Asle Jorgenson Gronna (born December 10, 1858 in Elkader , Iowa , † May 4, 1922 in Lakota , North Dakota ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of North Dakota in both chambers of Congress .

Life

Gronna, who was of Norwegian descent, moved his family to Houston County , Minnesota , when he was a child. He attended public schools and the Caledonia Academy there , and later worked as a teacher in Wilmington . In 1879 he settled in the Dakota Territory , where he worked in agriculture, as a teacher and as a businessman.

He was also politically active there and belonged to the House of Representatives for the territory in 1889 . In Lakota, he served as President of the Board of Trustees , the local governing body, and as head of the education authority. In 1902 he became a board member of the University of North Dakota .

politics

Finally, in 1904, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the United States , where he represented the 2nd  Congressional constituency of North Dakota from March 4, 1905 to February 2, 1911. Gronna resigned from office to move to the Senate within Congress . There he succeeded Martin N. Johnson, who died in office . In the by-election, he had prevailed against the Democrat William E. Purcell , who had temporarily taken his place after Johnson's death.

In 1914, Asle Gronna was re-elected; In 1920 he was no longer nominated by his party. During his time in the Senate, among other things, he was Chairman of the Agriculture Committee . He was one of six senators who voted against US entry into World War I. In 1919 he spoke out against the United States joining the League of Nations .

In the run-up to the 1920 presidential election , Asle Gronna was a candidate for the vice presidency at the Republican National Convention in Chicago . With 24 votes, however, he only finished fifth in the vote; the vote of the party members fell with a large majority on Calvin Coolidge , who later became President of the United States as the successor to the late Warren G. Harding .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gronna's speech to the Senate

Web links

Commons : Asle Gronna  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Asle Gronna in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Asle Gronna in the database of Find a Grave (English)