Frank A. Wenstrom (July 27, 1903 – May 12, 1997) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 28th

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of North Dakota under Governor

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. Wenstrom also served in the North Dakota Senate for District 1 from 1957 to 1960 and 1967 to 1986, and was the President of the state's second Constitutional Convention. Franklin Augustus Wenstrom was born and grew up in Wells County, North Dakota. He was the son of James A. Wenstrom (1874–1963) and Anna (Kringstad) Wenstrom (1874–1967). His parents were of Norwegian and Swedish immigrant heritage. Beginning in 1933, he worked in the oil business in

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. In 1945, he became secretary- manager for the Williston (N.D.) Chamber of Commerce. Wenstrom worked as public relations officer for First National Bank of Williston (1951–1960). In 1938, he was married to Mary Esther Pickett (1907–2002). Wenstrom died at age 93 in 1997 and was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Williston.Wenstrom has vascular surgery
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Frank A. & M. Esther Wenstrom Foundation
Lieutenant governors of North Dakota 1903 births 1997 deaths Republican Party North Dakota state senators American public relations people 20th-century American legislators American people of Norwegian descent American people of Swedish descent 1992 United States presidential electors 20th-century North Dakota politicians People from Wells County, North Dakota {{NorthDakota-politician-stub