Hjalmar Petersen

Infobox Governor
name=Hjalmar Petersen


caption=
order= 23^rd
office= Governor of Minnesota
term_start= August 22, 1936
term_end=January 4, 1937
lieutenant=William B. Richardson (acting)
predecessor= Floyd B. Olson
successor= Elmer Austin Benson
birth_date= birth date|1890|1|2|mf=y
birth_place= Eskildstrup, Denmark
death_date= death date and age|1968|3|29|1890|1|2|mf=y
death_place= Columbus, Ohio, United States
party=Farmer-Labor
profession=politician
spouse=Rigmore C. Wosgaard (1st), Medora Grandprey (2nd)
religion=
footnotes=

Hjalmar Petersen (January 2, 1890ndash March 29, 1968) was an American politician who was born in 1890 in Eskildstrup, Denmark and moved to Minnesota as a child. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1930, and reelected in 1932.

Hjalmar Petersen was elected the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1934 and served with Governor Floyd B. Olson. Lieutenant Governor Petersen ascended to the governorship when Olson died of cancer on August 22, 1936. He was sworn in as Governor two days later and served the remainder of Olson's term, the 23rd Governor of Minnesota, in office from August 24, 1936 to January 4, 1937. He did not run for election to governor in 1936, but ran instead for Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner and won. He served as a Farmer-Labor Party member. After his term as governor, he served as the president of the American Publishing Company. He died in 1968 in Columbus, Ohio.

References

* [http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_25.htm Minnesota Historical Society]
* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=14301 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]