Arnold OLSEN, Congress, MT (1916-1990)

OLSEN, Arnold, a Representative from Montana; born in Butte, Silver Bow County, Mont., December 17, 1916; attended Butte public schools, the Montana School of Mines, 1934-1936, and graduated from the Montana State University Law School, Missoula, Mont., 1940; United States Navy, 1942-1946; lawyer, private practice; attorney general of Montana, 1948-1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; appointed judge of the second judicial district of Montana, 1975-1990; died on October 11, 1990, in Helena, Mont.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present