11 Facts About Carl Gunderson

Carl Gunderson was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of South Dakota.

Carl Gunderson was born in a log cabin in Clay County in the Dakota Territory, near Vermillion.

Carl Gunderson stated that his occupation was a farmer all his life.

Carl Gunderson attended the University of South Dakota and Cornell University.

Carl Gunderson married Gertrude Bertleson and they had four children.

Carl Gunderson served five terms in the state senate of the South Dakota Legislature, being elected in 1892,1896,1898,1900, and again in 1916.

In 1924, when McMaster declined to seek re-election, Carl Gunderson successfully ran to succeed him.

Carl Gunderson defeated the Democratic nominee, William J Bulow, in a landslide.

In 1926 Carl Gunderson narrowly lost to Bulow in a rematch of the 1924 election.

In 1932, Carl Gunderson challenged Republican Governor Warren Green for renomination, but lost the Republican primary in a landslide.

Carl Gunderson was buried on the tract of land that he had homesteaded, Bluff View Cemetery, Vermillion, Clay County, South Dakota US.