Background
BURTNESS, Olger B. was born on March 14, 1884 in Mekinock, North Dakota, United States. Son of 0. O. and Mary Anderson Burtness.
BURTNESS, Olger B. was born on March 14, 1884 in Mekinock, North Dakota, United States. Son of 0. O. and Mary Anderson Burtness.
Bachelor of Arts, University of North Dakota, 1906, Bachelor of Laws, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1958.
Admitted to the North Dakota bar. Began practice at Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1907. Private practice, 1907-1950.
State’s attorney Grand Forks County, 1911-1916. Member North Dakota House of Representatives, 1919, 20 (opposed radical program of Non-Partisan League). Member 67th to 72d Congresses (1921-1933), 1st North Dakota District Delaware to Republican National Convention, 1916, 36, 48.
Appointed judge of first judicial district of North Dakota, 1950, and elected to same position for six year term, 1952, 58.
Member of Scottish Rite Masons 32°. Shrine; Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Sons of Norway. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Theta.
Phi Alpha Delta; Delta Sigma Rho.
Spouse Zoe Ensign, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, September 8, 1909.