Eliot Glassheim

{{Short description|American politician (1938–2019)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Eliot Glassheim

|state_house = North Dakota

|district = 18th

|term_start = January 5, 1993

|term_end = January 2017

|successor = Steve Vetter

|birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|10}}

|birth_place = New York City, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|25|1938|2|10}}

|death_place = Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Dyan Rey

|education = Wesleyan University (BA)
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque (MA, PhD)

}}

Eliot Glassheim (February 10, 1938 – December 25, 2019) was a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 18th district from 1993 until 2017. He served as a Representative previously in 1975. Glassheim served on the Grand Forks City Council from 1982 to 2012. He obtained a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. Glassheim founded Dr. Eliot's Twice Sold Tales, a used bookstore, which he owned until January 2015. Glassheim also wrote several books and poems.{{cite news|last1=Haley|first1=Charly|title=Mocks buy Glassheim's used bookstore in Grand Forks|url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/3646393-mocks-buy-glassheims-used-bookstore-grand-forks|accessdate=April 6, 2016|work=Grand Forks Herald|publisher=Forum Communications|date=January 2, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.legis.nd.gov/biography/eliot-glassheim|title=Eliot Glassheim | North Dakota Legislative Branch|website=www.legis.nd.gov}}{{Cite web|url=https://apps.library.und.edu/archon/?p=collections/findingaid&id=39&q=&rootcontentid=114887|title=Eliot Glassheim Papers, 1982-1984, 1997-1999 | Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections|website=apps.library.und.edu}}

Glassheim was the Democratic-NPL nominee for the 2016 U.S. Senate election. He lost to incumbent Republican Sen. John Hoeven by nearly 62 percentage points. He died December 25, 2019, from lung cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/community/people/4838793-Longtime-Grand-Forks-politician-Eliot-Glassheim-dies-at-81|title=Longtime Grand Forks politician Eliot Glassheim dies at 81|first=Sydney|last=Mook|website=Grand Forks Herald|date=26 December 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/community/people/4840716-Service-set-for-longtime-Grand-Forks-politician-Eliot-Glassheim|title=Service set for longtime Grand Forks politician Eliot Glassheim|date=27 December 2019}}