James D. Gronna (August 7, 1884 – May 11, 1963) was a
North Dakota Republican Party politician.
Biography
His father was US Senator
Asle Gronna
Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First W ...
and his mother was Bertha M. Gronna.
James D. Gronna served as the
Secretary of State of
North Dakota from 1935 to 1940.
North Dakota Secretary of State , About the Secretary of State
/ref> He first won election to the position in 1934, and served until 1940 when he did not seek re-election. He died in Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...
at the age of 78 in 1963.
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1884 births
1963 deaths
Secretaries of state of North Dakota
Politicians from Grand Forks, North Dakota
North Dakota Republicans
American people of Norwegian descent
20th-century American politicians
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