Henry Holt (North Dakota politician)

For other people named Henry Holt, see Henry Holt (disambiguation).

Henry Holt

21st Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
In office 1943–1944
Governor	John Moses
Preceded by	Oscar W. Hagen
Succeeded by	Clarence P. Dahl
Personal details
Born	(1887-11-13)November 13, 1887 Elgin, Illinois
Died	March 2, 1944(1944-03-02) (aged 56) Grand Forks, North Dakota
Political party	Democratic

Henry Holt (November 13, 1887 – March 2, 1944) was a politician from the U. S. state of North Dakota. He was born in Illinois.^[1] Holt resided in Grand Forks, North Dakota. In 1934, he was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senator from North Dakota against incumbent Lynn Frazier. In 1940, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term. In 1942, he was elected as a Democrat to serve as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor John Moses from 1943 until his death the following year of lung cancer. Upon learning of Holt's death, the governor ordered all flags across North Dakota to fly at half-mast.^[1]

References

1 2 "Lt. Gov. Henry Holt Dies", The Bismarck Tribune, Thursday, March 02, 1944, Bismarck, North Dakota, United States Of America

Political offices
Preceded by Oscar W. Hagen	Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota 1943–1944	Succeeded by Clarence P. Dahl

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota

Governors	Miller A. Burke Shortridge Allin Briggs Devine Fancher White Sarles J. Burke Hanna Frazier Nestos Sorlie Maddock Shafer Langer O. Olson Moodie Welford Langer Moses Aandahl Brunsdale Davis Guy Link A. Olson Sinner Schafer Hoeven Dalrymple Burgum (elect)

Lieutenant Governors	Dickey Allin Wallace Worst Devine Bartlett Lewis Burdick Kraabel Fraine Kraabel Wood Hyland Maddock Carr Olson Welford Thoresen Patterson Oscar Hagen Holt Dahl Schnell Dahl Duffy Dahl Hagen Wenstrom Tighe Larsen Sanstead Sands Meiers Omdahl Myrdal Dalrymple Wrigley Sanford (elect)

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