Background
Brunsdale, CLarence Norman was born on July 9, 1891 in Sherbrooke, North Dakota, United States. Son of Knute H. and Margaret (Nordgaard) Brunsdale.
Brunsdale, CLarence Norman was born on July 9, 1891 in Sherbrooke, North Dakota, United States. Son of Knute H. and Margaret (Nordgaard) Brunsdale.
AB, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1913.
Member, North Dakota State Senate, 1927-1934, 41-51; president pro tem, North Dakota State Senate, 1943; majority floor leader, North Dakota State Senate, 1945, 47; governor, State of North Dakota, 1951-1956; United States senator from North Dakota, 1959-1960.
Member North Dakota Republican organizing committee from 1946, chairman, 1946. North Dakota national Republican committeeman, 1948-1952. Member American Farm Bureau.
Married Carrie Lajord, August 30, 1924. Children: Margaret Marie (Mistress Edson G. Larson), Helen Lucille (Mistress P. D. Williams).