Andrew Olaf Devold
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Andrew Olaf Devold
|image = Andrew Olaf Devold.jpg
|caption = Devold {{circa}} 1935
|state_senate1 = Minnesota
|district1 = 32nd
|term_start1 = January 5, 1931
|term_end1 = December 12, 1939
|predecessor1 =
|successor1 =
|term_start2 = January 6, 1919
|term_end2 = January 2, 1927
|predecessor2 =
|successor2 =
|state_house3 = Minnesota
|district3 = 32nd
|term_start3 = January 4, 1915
|term_end3 = January 5, 1919
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|successor3 =
|birth_date = {{birth date|1881|11|17}}
|birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
|death_date = {{death date and age|1939|12|12|1881|11|17}}
|death_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
|party = Socialist {{small|(before 1918)}}
Farmer–Labor {{small|(after 1918)}}
|nationality = Sweden
|education = University of Minnesota
|occupation = Printer, politician
|spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Novak|1925}}
}}
Andrew Olaf "Andy" "A.O." Devold (November 17, 1881 – December 12, 1939) was a Swedish-American printer and politician who served several terms in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature between 1915 and 1939.
Career
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Devold was born November 17, 1881, in Stockholm, Sweden.{{cite web|first=Walter P.|last=Wolfe|title=In Memoriam: Andrew Olaf Devold (November 17, 1881 • December 12, 1939)|publisher=Minnesota Legal History Project|access-date=September 4, 2022|url=http://www.minnesotalegalhistoryproject.org/assets/Devold,%20Andrew.pdf}} He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1915 to 1918 and in the Minnesota Senate from 1919 to 1926 and again from 1931 until his death.{{cite web|title=Devold, Andrew Olaf "A.O., Andy"|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=September 4, 2022|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=12538}} First elected on the ticket of the Socialist Party, he played a key role in founding the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party.{{cite journal|last=Bergman|first=Klas|title=Minnesota’s Scandinavian Political Legacy|volume=17|number=1|date=July 20, 2019|journal=Vesterheim|publisher=Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum|location=Decorah, Iowa|access-date=September 5, 2022|url=https://ksbergman.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/vesterheimminnesota072019.pdf}} He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 12, 1939, age 58 years.
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Category:20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
Category:Minnesota Farmer–Laborites
Category:Socialist Party of America politicians from Minnesota