Otto G. Krueger (September 7, 1890 – June 6, 1963) was a

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politician who served as the

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and the

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at different periods during the 1940s. He later served as a

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from his state in the 1950s.

Biography

Krueger was born of German parents in the Volinia district of southwest

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in 1890. He attended grade and high school in Russian and German schools, and immigrated to the United States in June 1910 and settled in

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. He furthered his education through grade and high schools and two years of business school in

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and

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. During the First World War he served as a private in the Infantry from April 1918 to May 1919, with overseas service in the 91st division. He served as the county auditor for

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from 1920 to 1940 and a clerk of the Fessenden School District from 1922 to 1940. He was elected as the

in 1944, but resigned from the position on September 7, 1945. His resignation was in order to fill the office of

which was vacated by the late Oscar E. Erickson. He served in that capacity until 1950 when he did not seek re-election. After leaving the office, he served as the treasurer of the

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until 1952. Krueger was elected as a

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to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959). Krueger voted in favor of the

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. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958. Krueger moved to

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, in 1959 and engaged in accounting and farming. He died there on June 6, 1963, and was interred in Cherokee Memorial Park Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krueger, Otto 1890 births 1963 deaths American people of German-Russian descent State treasurers of North Dakota Insurance Commissioners of North Dakota Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States People from Wells County, North Dakota United States Army soldiers People from Lodi, California Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota 20th-century American politicians