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((short description|22nd governor of Minnesota (1891-1936)))
((Use mdy dates|date=July 2022))
((Use American English|date=June 2018))
((Infobox officeholder
|name=Floyd Olson
|image= Floyd Olson (cropped).jpg
|caption= Olson in 1931
|order1= 22nd [[Governor of Minnesota]]
|term_start1= January 6, 1931
|term_end1= August 22, 1936
|lieutenant1=[[Henry M. Arens]]<br>[[Konrad K. Solberg]]<br>Hjalmar Petersen
|predecessor1= [[Theodore Christianson]]
|successor1= [[Hjalmar Petersen]]
|office2= [[County Attorney]] of [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]]
|term_start2= 1920
|term_end2= 1931
|birth_name = Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson
|birth_date= ((birth date|1891|11|13))
|birth_place= [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date= ((death date and age|1936|8|22|1891|11|13))
|death_place= [[Rochester, Minnesota]], U.S.
|restingplace= [[Lakewood Cemetery]]
|party= [[Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party|Farmer–Labor]] (after 1924)
|otherparty= [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1924)
|education= [[William Mitchell College of Law|Northwestern College of Law]]
))
'''Floyd Bjørnstjerne "Skipper" Olson''' (November 13, 1891 – August 22, 1936) was an American politician and lawyer. A three-term governor, he served as the [[List of Governors of Minnesota|22nd]] [[Governor of Minnesota]] from January 6, 1931, to August 22, 1936, when he died in office. Olson was a member of the [[Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party]], and the first member of that party to win the office of governor. He was a prominent governor of [[Minnesota]] and an influential American politician.<ref name="OlsonHeight">((cite book |last1=Blegen |first1=Theodore Christian |last2=Heilbron |first2=Bertha Lion |title=Minnesota History, Volume 50 |year=1986 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |page=78))</ref>

== Early life ==
((More citations needed section|date=June 2018))
Floyd B. Olson was born on the north side of [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, the only child of a [[Norway|Norwegian]] father, Paul Olsen, and a [[Sweden|Swedish]] mother, Ida Maria (Nilsdotter).<ref>((Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PAQiAQAAMAAJ&q=Ida+Maria+Nilsdotter+Paul+Olsen|title = Bryggan|year = 1991))</ref> The North Side neighborhood where Olson grew up was the home of a sizable [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] community, and Olson's friendships with some of the local Jewish families led him to serve as a [[shabbos goy]], assisting Jews on the Sabbath by performing actions they were not permitted to do. Olson picked up [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] from his childhood associations with his Jewish neighbors and years later spoke the language fluently while campaigning in Jewish communities, in addition to having several Jews serve him in advisory roles while in elected office.<ref>[[Steven Keillor|Keillor, Steven James]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eMXAqjIVeqcC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=%22Floyd+B.+Olson%22+yiddish ''Hjalmar Petersen of Minnesota: The Politics of Provincial Independence''], p. 156. [[Minnesota Historical Society Press]], 1987. ((ISBN|0-87351-211-1)). Accessed January 22, 2012.</ref><ref>[[Jeffrey S. Gurock|Gurock, Jeffrey S.]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=5Ao_Pk5htcIC&pg=PA481&lpg=PA481&dq=%20Floyd+B.+Olson%20+yiddish ''American Jewish History: an eight-volume series''], p. 249. [[Taylor & Francis]], 1998. ((ISBN|0-415-91929-0)). Accessed January 22, 2012.</ref>

After graduating from [[North High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|North High School]] in Minneapolis in 1909, Olson went to work for the [[Northern Pacific Railway]]. The next year, he enrolled at the [[University of Minnesota]], but he left after only a year, during which he was always in trouble for wearing a [[derby hat|derby]] in violation of school rules and for refusing to participate in required [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] drills.

Heading west, Olson worked a series of odd jobs in Canada and [[Alaska]] before settling briefly in [[Seattle]], Washington, where he became a [[stevedore]] and joined the [[Industrial Workers of the World]]. During this time, Olson read widely and began to adopt a [[populism|populist]], semi-socialist philosophy he would retain for the rest of his life.

Returning to Minnesota in 1913, Olson enrolled at [[William Mitchell College of Law]] (then the Northwestern College of Law), earning his degree in 1915. That same year, he met and married Ada Krejci in [[New Prague, Minnesota]], and became a practicing lawyer.

== Hennepin County Attorney ==
In 1919, Olson was hired as an Assistant [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]] Attorney and by the following year had himself become the Hennepin County Attorney after the previous attorney was fired for accepting [[bribery|bribes]].

During that period, he made his first foray into politics when he helped form the [[Committee of 48]], an organization that attempted to [[draft (politics)|draft]] Senator [[Robert M. La Follette]] to run for [[President of the United States|president]] on a [[third party (United States)|third-party]] ticket. The effort proved unsuccessful, but La Follette would later run on the [[Progressive Party (United States, 1924)|Progressive Party]] ticket in 1924. That same year, Olson ran in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[primary election|primary]] for the local seat in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] but lost.

As Hennepin County Attorney, Olson quickly earned a name for himself as a stern [[prosecutor]] who relished going after crooked businessmen. He took on the [[Ku Klux Klan]] in a well-publicized case that brought both respect and [[death threat]]s and was reelected to the position in 1922 and 1926.

== Candidate for governor ==
In 1923, Olson brought a case against the leaders of the Minnesota Citizens Alliance, a conservative business organization dedicated to preserving [[right-to-work law]]s, after they hired a hitman to dynamite the home of a [[trade union|union]] leader. Olson's vigorous pursuit of the Citizens Alliance made him a hero to the local labor movement, which encouraged him to run for the [[Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party]]'s gubernatorial nomination in 1924.

Having secured the [[Political endorsement|endorsement]] of the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Central Committee, Olson narrowly won the nomination in a bitterly fought primary. Buoyed by La Follette's presidential campaign (La Follette endorsed Olson and vice versa), he received 43% of the vote to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate [[Theodore Christianson]]'s 48%. Democratic candidate [[Carlos Avery]] came in a distant third with 6%.

Four years later, in 1928, the new "Farmer-Labor Association" (which had changed its name to avoid being linked with local communists) attempted to draft Olson to run for governor again. Although the party committee once again endorsed him and this time guaranteed that he would not face a primary battle, Olson declined to run. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1928]], the Farmer-Labor candidate lost in the Republican landslide that accompanied [[Herbert Hoover]]'s election.

By 1930, however, the [[stock market]] had crashed, and the [[Great Depression]] had begun. After the party's newspaper urged that Olson be drafted, he easily won the nomination. Forming a coalition of farmers, [[trade union|organized labor]], and small businessmen, Olson swept to a landslide victory in the [[1930 Minnesota gubernatorial election|election]], receiving 59% of the vote in a four-way race and winning 82 of the state's 87 [[County (United States)|counties]].

== Olson as governor ==
[[File:Painting of Governor Floyd B. Olson.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Olson as Governor]]
At the time Olson assumed his office, [[Minnesota Legislature|Minnesota's legislature]] was officially non-partisan but was in reality dominated by conservative Republicans who opposed most of what Olson stood for.((Citation needed|date=March 2012))

Nevertheless, Olson soon proved himself skilled at the art of politics and managed to fulfill the vast majority of his campaign promises. During his three terms as governor, Olson proposed, and the legislature passed, bills that instituted a [[progressive tax|progressive income tax]], created a [[social security]] program for the elderly, expanded the state's [[conservation ethic|environmental conservation]] programs, guaranteed [[equal pay for women]] and the right to [[collective bargaining]], and instituted a [[minimum wage]] and a system of [[unemployment benefit|unemployment insurance]].

Despite these changes, the thing Olson wanted the most, a bill that would have put Minnesota's electric utilities, iron mines, oil fields, grain elevators, and [[meat packing industry|meatpacking plants]] under [[Public ownership|state ownership]], never saw the light of day, as the legislature balked at what they saw as socialism and Olson insisted was "[[cooperative economics|cooperativism]]".

As the [[party platform|platform]] of his party grew successively more radical, Olson's support amongst the middle class gradually began to erode. His vigorous support from labor and agriculture, however, remained undiminished and he was easily reelected in [[1932 Minnesota gubernatorial election|1932]] and [[1934 Minnesota gubernatorial election|1934]].

In 1933, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine quoted Olson speaking from the steps of the state capitol:<blockquote>I am making a last appeal to the Legislature. If the Senate does not make provision for the sufferers in the State and the Federal Government refuses to aid, I shall invoke the powers I hold and shall declare martial law.&nbsp;... A lot of people who are now fighting [relief] measures because they happen to possess considerable wealth will be brought in by provost guard and be obliged to give up more than they would now. There is not going to be misery in this State if I can humanly prevent it.&nbsp;... Unless the Federal and State governments act to insure against recurrence of the present situation, I hope the present system of government goes right down to hell.<ref>((cite magazine|title=Misery in Minnesota|url=http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,769776,00.html|access-date=March 24, 2017|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|volume=21 |issue=14|date=April 24, 1933))</ref></blockquote>

On May 16, 1934, the trucker's union in Minneapolis started a strike ([[Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934]]) that quickly resulted in open violence.  The violence ebbed and flowed for the next two months until Governor Olson declared martial law on July 26, and mobilized 4,000 National Guardsmen under the command of Adjutant General Ellard A. Walsh.  Walsh used a combination of checkpoints, security patrols, and curfews to restore order.  As the violence subsided, negotiations resumed, and an agreement was reached to end the labor dispute.<ref name=MHSM>((cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jack|title=Mr. National Guard - Ellard A. Walsh 1887-1975 |url=http://www.mnmilitarymuseum.org/files/4913/3374/8949/AlliesJan2012Final.pdf|publisher=Military Historical Society of Minnesota|access-date=June 4, 2013))</ref>

Despite considerable achievements and widespread support, Olson's administration was marred by allegations made by crusading newspaper editor [[Walter Liggett]] that there were links between some members of his administration and organized crime. No evidence ever implicated Olson personally, however. Liggett was gunned down in front of his family in 1935. [[Kid Cann]], a Minnesota gangster, was charged with but not convicted of the killing.

Olson and his Farmer-Labor Party made an informal alliance with President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and supported him in 1936. Roosevelt was building the [[New Deal coalition]] and wanted the solid base Olson could promise in Minnesota, where the Democrats were a weak third party.<ref>James S. Olson, ed. ''Historical Dictionary of the New Deal'' (1985) pp 164-165.</ref> Roosevelt had a deal with Olson whereby the FLP would get federal patronage, and in turn the FLP would work to block a third-party ticket against Roosevelt in 1936.<ref>Clifford Edward Clark, ed. ''Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People since 1900'' (1989). pp 375-379.</ref>

== Final days ==
In 1935, Olson ruled out the possibility of running for president in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1936|1936 election]], as a third-party candidate. Instead, on November 18, 1935, he announced his intention to run against longtime incumbent [[Thomas Schall]] for one of Minnesota's [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seats.<ref>"Olson Planning to Run Against Senator Schall", ''[[Albert Lea Evening Tribune]]'', 1935-11-19, at p. 1.</ref> His chances improved the next month when Senator Schall died in office following a road accident, and [[Elmer Benson]], the interim successor to Schall chosen by Olson, promised not to run for the seat in the 1936 election.

However, Olson's own health was beginning to fail. Having suffered from severe [[Peptic ulcer|ulcers]] ever since his election, Olson went to the [[Mayo Clinic]] in December 1935 and was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Although the cancer would eventually prove fatal, Olson was not told of the seriousness of his condition, as was the practice of the day.

Thus reassured of his "good health", Olson proceeded to further weaken himself by not only resuming his duties as governor but also beginning to organize his party's [[political convention|state convention]] and returning to his senatorial campaign. As he stumped across the state, promising to support federal ownership of [[monopoly|monopolies]], his cancer [[metastasis|metastasized]].

Olson last made a public appearance on June 29, 1936, giving a stump speech in [[Minnehaha Falls|Minnehaha Park]] in Minneapolis. The next day, he returned to the Mayo Clinic for treatment, but it was too late. He died there on August 22 at the age of 44.

== Monuments ==
[[File:Statue of Floyd B. Olson, North Minneapolis 2017-08-02 - 1.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Olson Memorial Highway statue]]
[[File:Monument to Floyd B. Olson, Minnesota State Capitol 2018-01-19.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Memorial in the Minnesota State Capitol]]
Since his death, dozens of [[statue]]s of Olson have been constructed throughout the state, many of which declare him to be the state's "greatest governor".

Shortly after Olson died, [[Minnesota State Highway 55]] (a highway that was then being constructed) was renamed the "Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway" in his honor. A proposal by the [[Taxpayers League of Minnesota|Taxpayers League]] in late 2004 to rename the highway after the recently deceased President [[Ronald Reagan]] met with widespread public condemnation and was soon abandoned.<ref name=Brain090404>((cite news|first=Mike|last=O'Rourke|title=Forget Reagan Highway|url=http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/forget-reagan-highway|newspaper=Brainerd Dispatch|date=September 4, 2004|access-date=February 22, 2018))</ref>

In 1974, [[Floyd B. Olson House|Olson's home]] at 1914 West 49th Street in [[Minneapolis]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

== Electoral history ==
=== 1920: U.S. Representative ===
((Election box begin no change|title=1920 Minnesota 5th District U.S. Representative election (Democratic primary)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = T. O. Dahl
 | votes = 1,263
 | percentage = 55.13%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 1,028
 | percentage = 44.87%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 2,291
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

=== 1924: Governor of Minnesota ===
((Election box begin no change|title=Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924 (Farmer–Labor primary)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 55,825
 | percentage = 28.13%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Tom Davis
 | votes = 55,532
 | percentage = 27.99%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = I. A. Fritsche
 | votes = 41,831
 | percentage = 21.08%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Victor E. Lawson
 | votes = 20,784
 | percentage = 10.47%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = W. W. Royster
 | votes = 9,083
 | percentage = 4.58%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = William A. Schaper
 | votes = 8,134
 | percentage = 4.10%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Thomas Vollom
 | votes = 7,245
 | percentage = 3.65%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 198,434
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin no change|title=[[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1924]] (General election)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Theodore Christianson]]
 | votes = 406,692
 | percentage = 48.71%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 366,029
 | percentage = 43.84%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Carlos Avery]]
 | votes = 49,353
 | percentage = 5.91%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Prohibition Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Michael Ferch]]
 | votes = 9,052
 | percentage = 1.08%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Industrial Party (United States)
 | candidate = Oscar Anderson
 | votes = 3,876
 | percentage = 0.46%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 835,002
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

=== 1930: Governor of Minnesota ===
((Election box begin no change|title=Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930 (Farmer–Labor primary)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 60,455
 | percentage = 83.68%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Carl E. Taylor
 | votes = 11,791
 | percentage = 16.32%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 72,246
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin no change|title=[[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1930]] (General election)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 473,154
 | percentage = 59.34%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Ray P. Chase]]
 | votes = 289,528
 | percentage = 36.31%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Edward Indrehus]]
 | votes = 29,109
 | percentage = 3.65%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Communist Party USA
 | candidate = Karl Reeve
 | votes = 5,594
 | percentage = 0.70%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 797,385
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

=== 1932: Governor of Minnesota ===
((Election box begin no change|title=[[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1932]] (General election)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 522,438
 | percentage = 50.57%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Earle Brown (Minnesota politician)|Earle Brown]]
 | votes = 334,081
 | percentage = 32.34%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[John E. Regan]]
 | votes = 169,859
 | percentage = 16.44%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Communist Party USA
 | candidate = [[William Schneiderman]]
 | votes = 4,807
 | percentage = 0.47%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Industrial Party (United States)
 | candidate = John P. Johnson
 | votes = 1,824
 | percentage = 0.18%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 1,033,009
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

=== 1934: Governor of Minnesota ===
((Election box begin no change|title=Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934 (Farmer–Labor primary)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 238,821
 | percentage = 87.77%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = John Lind
 | votes = 33,268
 | percentage = 12.23%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 272,089
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

((Election box begin no change|title=[[Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1934]] (General election)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 468,812
 | percentage = 44.61%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[Martin A. Nelson]]
 | votes = 396,359
 | percentage = 37.72%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party of Minnesota
 | candidate = [[John E. Regan]]
 | votes = 176,928
 | percentage = 16.84%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Independent politician
 | candidate = Arthur C. Townley
 | votes = 4,454
 | percentage = 0.42%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Communist Party USA
 | candidate = Samuel K. Davis
 | votes = 4,334
 | percentage = 0.41%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 1,050,887
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

=== 1936: U.S. Senator ===
((Election box begin no change|title=1936 Minnesota U.S. Senate election (Farmer–Labor primary)))
((Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Floyd B. Olson
 | votes = 175,652
 | percentage = 92.64%
))
((Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Farmer–Labor Party
 | candidate = Carl E. Taylor
 | votes = 13,952
 | percentage = 7.36%
))
((Election box total no change
 | votes = 189,604
 | percentage = 100.00%
))
((Election box end))

== See also ==
*[[Floyd of Rosedale]], a sculpture of a pig that Governor Olson won in a football bet.

==References==
;Specific
((reflist|30em))

;General
* [http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_24.htm Biographical information] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301134646/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/gov/gov_24.htm |date=March 1, 2007 )) and his [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gov036.xml  gubernatorial records] are available for research use at the [http://www.mnhs.org Minnesota Historical Society.]

== External links ==
((Wikiquote))
* [http://www.mnopedia.org/person/olson-floyd-b-1891-1936 Floyd B. Olson in MNopedia, the Minnesota Encyclopedia]

== Further reading ==
* Clark, Clifford Edward. ''Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People since 1900'' (1989). ((ISBN|978-0873512343))
* Gieske, Millard L. ''Minnesota farmer-laborism: the third-party alternative'' (U of Minnesota Press, 1979). ((ISBN|978-0816657735))
* Holbo, Paul S. "The Farmer-Labor Association: Minnesota's Party within a Party." ''Minnesota History'' 38.7 (1963): 301–309. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20176512 online]
* Lovin, Hugh T. "The Fall of Farmer-Labor Parties, 1936-1938." ''Pacific Northwest Quarterly'' 62.1 (1971): 16–26.
* Mayer, George H. ''The Political Career of Floyd B. Olson'' (The University of Minnesota Press, 1951) ((ISBN|978-0873512060))
* Palmer, Bryan D. ''Revolutionary teamsters: The Minneapolis truckers’ strikes of 1934'' (Brill, 2013). ((ISBN|978-9004254206))
* Valelly, Richard M. ''Radicalism in the States: The Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and the American Political Economy'' (U of Chicago Press, 1989) [https://archive.org/details/radicalisminstat0000vale online] ((ISBN|978-0226845357))

==External links==
* ((cite web | url = http://historyapolis.com/who-was-floyd-olson/ | website = Historyapolis. [[Augsburg College]] | date = September 1, 2015 | last = Delegard | first = Kirsten | title = Who was Floyd Olson? ))

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