Al Quie

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Regarded as a moderate Republican,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Quie was considered by Ronald Reagan for his choice of a running mate for the office of Vice President of the United States during the 1980 presidential election. He was also on Gerald Ford's list for possible vice presidents following the resignation of Richard Nixon in 1974.

Early lifeEdit

The third of four children, Quie was born on September 18, 1923, on his family's farm in Wheeling Township near Dennison, Minnesota, in Rice County.<ref name=obit/> Three of his grandparents were Norwegian immigrants.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> The farm on which he was born and grew up on had been purchased by his grandfather upon returning to Minnesota from fighting in the Civil War. A third-generation farmer, Quie grew up on the farm learning to ride horses and milk cows.<ref name=":0" />

Quie graduated from Northfield High School in Northfield, Minnesota, in 1942.<ref name=story>Template:Cite news</ref> He served in the United States Navy during World War II as a fighter pilot, finishing flight school just as the war ended. Quie never saw active combat.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Following his military service, he graduated from St. Olaf College in 1950, with a degree in political science. It was during this time that he met his future wife Gretchen Hansen.<ref name=story/><ref name="startribune1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

State and national government serviceEdit

Like his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father before him, Quie became a dairy farmer. A Republican, Quie ran a campaign as a write-in candidate to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1952, but lost. He served in the Minnesota State Senate from 1955 to 1958, representing the old 18th District.<ref name=story/><ref>Minnesota Legislators Past & Present – Legislator Record – Quie, Albert Harold "Al". Leg.state.mn.us. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

CongressEdit

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Quie and other members of Congress attend the signing of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Assistance Act on September 30, 1968, by President Lyndon B. Johnson

U.S. Representative August Andresen died in January 1958 and Quie ran in the special election to succeed him as the representative for Template:Ushr. Quie won the Republican nomination at a party convention and then defeated Democratic-Farmer-Labor nominee Eugene Foley by 655 votes in the February special election.<ref name="startribune1"/><ref name=story/> He defeated Foley in the November 1958 general election to win a full term.<ref name=story/> Quie was a member of the 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, and 95th Congresses.<ref>QUIE, Albert Harold – Biographical Information. Bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref> He served on the House Agriculture Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.<ref name=story/>

Quie voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1960,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> 1964,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and 1968,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Quie was briefly considered for Vice President of the United States in 1974 after Gerald Ford became president upon the resignation of Richard Nixon. The position was eventually taken by Nelson Rockefeller.<ref>The Talent Search – Time. Time.com (August 19, 1974). Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

Governor of MinnesotaEdit

<ref name="startribune1"/><ref name="autogenerated1">Al (Albert Harold) Quie : Governors of Minnesota Template:Webarchive. Mnhs.Org. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref> Quie ran for governor of Minnesota in 1978 against incumbent Rudy Perpich, Quie won the election by 111,775 votes. During his term, he grappled with a budget crisis. Cash-flow problems soon overtook the state government. The old surplus turned into a deficit, estimated at between $600 million and $700 million. A strike by state employees that year symbolized Minnesota’s newfound economic woes. The state had not previously run a deficit since World War II.

Minnesota’s fiscal troubles gave Jim Florio, a Democratic politician running for governor in New Jersey, ammunition for attacking supply-side economics, the theory, then growing in popularity among Republicans, which holds that cutting taxes, spending and regulations fosters economic growth.

After having promised not to raise taxes, Quie was finally forced to do so, “causing much of his political support to evaporate,” . He did not run for re-election in 1982..<ref>Crossing the partisan divide: Minnesota budgets and politics in the 1980s Template:Webarchive. MinnPost. Retrieved on September 18, 2011.</ref>

In November 1979, 5 foreign students were arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap Quie, they were later released due to a lack of evidence.

Later yearsEdit

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Quie in 2014

After leaving politics, Quie became involved with a nonprofit prison ministry. He sold the family farm and traveled extensively, including horseback riding excursions.<ref name="startribune1"/>

Personal life and deathEdit

Quie's grandfather joined the newly founded Republican Party and supported Abraham Lincoln for president in the 1860 United States presidential election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Quie was a devout Lutheran.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He married artist Gretchen Quie, whom he met at St. Olaf, on June 5, 1948.<ref name=obit/> She died of Parkinson's disease on December 13, 2015, at age 88.<ref name="ppress">Template:Cite news</ref>

Quie lived in a senior living community in Wayzata, Minnesota for the last decade of his life. Although his health had been declining for months into 2023, he was reportedly healthy in his last few days. He died from natural causes on August 18, 2023 in Wayzata at the age of 99, a month before his 100th birthday.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the time of his death, he was both the oldest living former American governor and the oldest living former U.S. representative.<ref name="obit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Quie lay in state in the Rotunda of the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday, September 9,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was buried at Valley Grove Cemetery in Nerstrand, Minnesota later that day, next to his late wife Gretchen.<ref>https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/funeral-for-former-gov-al-quie-to-take-place-saturday/</ref>

In popular cultureEdit

In Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon Days, Quie is said to be the first governor ever to set foot in the mythical town of Lake Wobegon, "slipping quietly away from his duties to attend a ceremony dedicating a plaque attached to the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian" and making a few remarks.

Electoral historyEdit

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Template:Ushr	1958 Special Election	August H. Andresen	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Template:Party shading/Hold \| Incumbent died January 14, 1958. New member elected February 18, 1958. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1958	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1960	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1962	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1964	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1966	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1968	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1970	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist B. A. Lundeen ([[Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party\|Template:Party shortname]]) 30.7%	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1972	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1974	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Ushr	1976	Al Quie	Template:Party shading/Republican \| Republican	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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ReferencesEdit

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/24/us/politics/albert-quie-dead.html

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