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Dakota Maverick

The Dakota Maverick
the political life of William Langer, also known as "Wild Bill" Langer
by Agnes Geelan
Published in 1975, Geelan

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LANGER, William, a Senator from North Dakota born on a farm in Everest Township, near Casselton, ND September 30, 1886 graduated from the law department of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 1906 and from Columbia University, New York City in 1910 admitted to the bar in 1911 and began practice in Mandan, N.Dak. State’s attorney of Morton County, N.Dak., 1914-1916 moved to Bismarck, N.Dak., in 1916 and continued the practice of law attorney general of North Dakota 1916-1920 legal adviser for Council of Defense during the First World War Governor of North Dakota January 1933 to July 1934, when he was removed by the State supreme court again Governor 1937-1939 unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator in 1938 elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1940 though there was an attempt to block his seating, Langer took his seat in the Senate in 1941 reelected in 1946, 1952, and again in 1958, and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Washington, D.C., November 8, 1959