1. Arnold Olsen was a US Democratic politician who served as the Attorney General of Montana from 1949 to 1957, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 1st congressional district from 1961 to 1971.
10 Facts About Arnold Olsen
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Arnold Olsen was born in Butte, Montana on December 17,1916, to Anna and Albert Olsen, both Norwegian immigrants.
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Arnold Olsen served four years of overseas duty in the Navy during World War II.
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Arnold Olsen was elected as Attorney General of Montana in 1948, and was re-elected in 1952.
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In 1960, when Congressman Lee Metcalf opted to run for the Senate rather than seek re-election, Arnold Olsen ran to succeed him in the 1st congressional district.
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Arnold Olsen defeated George P Sarsfield, the Republican nominee, winning his first of five terms.
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Arnold Olsen was narrowly re-elected over Republican Wayne Montgomery in 1962, and by a wider margin against Montgomery in 1964.
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When Olsen ran for a sixth term in 1970, he was narrowly defeated for re-election by Richard G Shoup, the Mayor of Missoula.
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Arnold Olsen ran against Shoup again in 1972, but ultimately lost to him.
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Arnold Olsen was appointed by Governor Thomas Lee Judge to the Second Judicial District of Montana, in 1977, and elected to that post in 1979 and two additional times, serving until his death in 1990.