sentences:  He was later elected to the Minnesota State Senate in 1926 and re-elected a further five times through 1942.He served as Acting Lieutenant Governor from August 24, 1936 to January 1, 1937 when Governor Floyd B. Olson died and Lieutenant Governor Hjalmar Petersen became governor.While he was never formally sworn into office, as president pro tempore of the Minnesota Senate he was next in the line of succession.