Robert Byrne (February 4, 1886 – December 31, 1967) was a

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politician who served as the Secretary of State of

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from 1925 to 1934. Byrne served in the

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from 1917 to 1920, and in the

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from 1921 to 1924. He first won election to the Secretary of State position in 1924, and served until he was defeated by James D. Gronna in the 1934 Republican Primary. In 1930, when the Capitol building was on fire, Byrne was able to save an original copy of the state Constitution from fire, suffering cuts and burns in the process. He died in

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at the age of 81 in 1967.North Dakota Blue Book, 2005

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1886 births 1967 deaths Secretaries of State of North Dakota Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives Republican Party North Dakota state senators 20th-century American politicians {{NorthDakota-politician-stub