Theron Strinden was an American

United States

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 politician and businessman from North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

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Born in Litchville, North Dakota

Litchville, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 191 people, 88 households, and 55 families residing in the city. The population density was 129.2 people per square mile . There were 110 housing units at an average density of 74.4 per square mile...

, Strinden went to college and then served in the United States Army

United States Army

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 during World War II

World War II

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. After the war, he returned to Litchville to work in his family's hardware and farm implement business. From 1963 to 1967 and 1969 to 1981, he served in the North Dakota State Senate and was President Pro Tempore of the North Dakota Senate. His younger brother Earl Strinden

Earl Strinden

Earl Strinden is a North Dakota politician, and former President of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association, serving from 1974 to his retirement in 2000...

 served in the North Dakota House of Representatives

North Dakota House of Representatives

The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate....

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