1. John Stewart Dalrymple III was born on October 16,1948 and is an American politician and businessman who served as the 32nd governor of North Dakota from 2010 to 2016.
25 Facts About Jack Dalrymple
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Jack Dalrymple assumed the governorship following Hoeven's election to the United States Senate.
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Jack Dalrymple was a candidate for the US Senate twice, in 1988 and 1992.
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Jack Dalrymple was born on October 16,1948, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Mary Josephine and John Stewart Jack Dalrymple Jr.
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Jack Dalrymple spent many of his formative years in Casselton, North Dakota, on his family's wheat farm, which was established in 1875 by his great-grandfather, Oliver Dalrymple.
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At age 7, when Jack Dalrymple was in elementary school in 1955, his grandfather, John Stewart Jack Dalrymple, Oliver's son, "still owned about 25,000 acres of farmland".
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In 1983 Jack Dalrymple was named the Outstanding Young Farmer of the United States of America by Outstanding Farmers of America.
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Jack Dalrymple led the transition of the structure of the organization, from a cooperative to a C corporation, in order to both raise capital and to perform acquisitions.
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In Fargo in 1975, Jack Dalrymple helped to found ShareHouse Inc.
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Jack Dalrymple won re-election in 1986,1988,1990,1992,1994,1996, and 1998.
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Jack Dalrymple served as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for four years.
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In December 1987, Jack Dalrymple announced he would run for the US Senate.
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Jack Dalrymple lost the Republican nomination to state House majority leader Earl Strinden.
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Jack Dalrymple was not a candidate for election to the rest of the term.
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On September 17,1992, Jack Dalrymple announced he would run in the special election.
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Jack Dalrymple only won three counties in the state: Billings, McIntosh, and Sheridan.
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Jack Dalrymple was elected as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 2000 on the Republican ticket with John Hoeven.
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Jack Dalrymple was re-elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2004 and 2008 along with then-Governor Hoeven.
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Governor Jack Dalrymple became governor following the resignation of John Hoeven, who was elected to the US Senate on November 2,2010.
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Two days later, on November 4,2010, Jack Dalrymple designated now-former US attorney for North Dakota Drew Wrigley as his successor to become Lieutenant Governor, once his transition to the governor's office was completed.
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Later that day, in front of a joint session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and before a statewide television audience, Jack Dalrymple was sworn in as governor, and then Wrigley was sworn in as lieutenant governor.
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On November 1,2011, Governor Jack Dalrymple announced on a multi city tour of North Dakota that he would run for a full four-year term as governor, with Wrigley as his running mate.
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In 2012, Jack Dalrymple handily defeated Democratic challenger Ryan Taylor in the general election to serve a full term as governor.
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Governor Jack Dalrymple called in the North Dakota National Guard's 191st Military Police to deal with protesters.
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Jack Dalrymple married the former Betsy Wood in 1971, and they have four daughters.