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William Burdette Richardson (November 10, 1874 – September 19, 1945) was a Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

 politician. He served in the Minnesota Senate

Minnesota Senate

The Minnesota Senate is the upper house in the Minnesota Legislature. There are 67 members, half as many as are in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In terms of membership, it is the largest upper house of any state legislature. Each Senate district in the state includes an A and B House...

. In the Senate he served as president pro tem and acting lieutenant governor when Governor Floyd B. Olson

Floyd B. Olson

Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson was an American politician. He served as the 22nd Governor of Minnesota from January 6, 1931 to August 22, 1936. He died in office from stomach cancer. He was a member of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, and was the first member of the Farmer-Labor Party to win the...

 died and Lieutenant Governor Hjalmar Petersen

Hjalmar Petersen

Hjalmar Petersen was an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Minnesota.-Background:Hjalmar Petersen was born in Eskildstrup, Denmark...

 became governor. He served as Acting Lieutenant governor instead of being sworn in as Lieutenant governor from August 24, 1936 to January 1, 1937. He was a member of the Republican Party.