William Kretschmar

{{Short description|American politician (1933–2017)}}

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|name = William E. Kretschmar

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|office = Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives

|constituency = 28th district

|term_start = 2000

|term_end = 2016

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|successor = Jeffery Magrum

|constituency2 = 30th district

|term_start2 = 1973

|term_end2 = 1998

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|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|8|21}}

|birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, US

|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|8|18|1933|8|21}}

|death_place = Bismarck, North Dakota, US

|profession = Attorney

|residence = Venturia, North Dakota

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William Edward Kretschmar (August 21, 1933 – August 18, 2017) was an American politician who was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives. He represented the 28th district as a Republican, having been re-elected in 2000 and serving until 2016. He also served another term in the House, from 1973 to 1998. During his first term, he was Speaker of the House briefly from 1988 to 1990.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAYnZlEk-iEC&q=William+Kretschmar+1933+speaker&pg=PA151|author1=Nancy Weatherly Sharp|author2=James Roger Sharp|editor1=Charles F. Ritter |editor2=Jon L. Wakelyn|title=American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest, 1911-1994|publisher=Greenwood Press|page=51|year=1997|isbn=0-313-30214-6}} Kretschmar lived in Venturia, North Dakota.{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/William_Kretschmar|title=William Kretschmar|publisher=Ballotpedia|accessdate=September 29, 2014}} He was alumnus of the College of Saint Thomas, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the University of Minnesota, and was an attorney by profession. He was of German descent.{{cite web|url=http://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/history_culture/oral/samples/kretschmar2.html|title=William Kretschmar Biography Information|publisher=NDSU|accessdate=September 29, 2014}} He was a self-described "Rockefeller Republican" and died on August 18, 2017.{{cite news| url = http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/longtime-former-legislator-dies-at/article_b1b37305-7fe3-5444-bd57-d07d087d1e28.html| title = Longtime former legislator dies at 83| date = August 18, 2017| newspaper = The Bismarck Tribune| access-date =August 28, 2017}}