Arnold Olsen
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J. Hugo Aronson
Arnold Olsen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Lee Metcalf |
| Succeeded by | Richard G. Shoup |
| 16th Attorney General of Montana | |
| In office 1949–1957 | |
| Governor | John W. Bonner J. Hugo Aronson |
| Preceded by | R. V. Bottombly |
| Succeeded by | Forrest H. Anderson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 17, 1916 |
| Died | October 9, 1990 (aged 73)[1] |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Margaret Mary Williams |
| Alma mater | Montana School of Mines Montana State University Law School |
Arnold Olsen (December 17, 1916 – October 9, 1990) was a U.S. Democratic politician who served as the attorney general of Montana from 1949 to 1957, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana's 1st congressional district from 1961 to 1971.
He was born in Butte, Montana on December 17, 1916, to Anna (née Vennes) and Albert Olsen, both Norwegian immigrants.[2][3] He attended Butte public schools, the Montana School of Mines, 1934–1936, and graduated from the Montana State University Law School (now the University of Montana), Missoula, Montana in 1940. He served four years of overseas duty in the Navy during World War II. In August 1942, during shore leave, Olsen married Margaret Mary Williams, of Butte. They had three children - Margaret Rae Olsen, Anna Kristine Olsen, and Karin Synneve Olsen Billings. Arnold and Margaret have 5 grandchildren; John-David Childs, Todd Arnold Graetz, Kara Ann (Graetz) Trapp; Jonathan Olsen Billings and Luke Alexander Billings. They had three great-grandchildren, Victoria Graetz and Sawyer and Ella Olsen Trapp.[4]
