On This Day | Langer Hangs on to Governor’s Mansion
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William Langer, ousted governor of the state still has and may continue to have use of the governor’s mansion and a state game and fish department cottage at Spiritwood lake until request is made for possession by Acting Governor Ole Olson.
— August 9, 1934 | The Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
Here he is again, North Dakota’s most infamous politician doing infamous things 🙂 This time he was slow to leave the Governor’s mansion after being quickly ousted from the Governor’s office.
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