Arthur LeSueur was elected in 1912 as Mayor of Minot, North Dakota.
American socialist newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer. LeSeuer is best remembered as the Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota, a post to which he was elected in 1912.
A committed socialist, in 1902 LeSueur was one of the primary organizers of the Socialist Party of North Dakota, establishing this state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America along with Fargo activist Arthur Bassett and others.[5] Speaking around the state constantly in support of the organization and the cause, LeSueur became the best known representative of the socialist movement in the state.
LeSueur served as the editor for the Iconoclast, a socialist paper printed in Minot. He was elected to the Minot City Commission in 1911 and in the following year LeSueur was elected as mayor of the city of Minot. The candidates of the Socialist across the state of North Dakota drew about 8% of the total vote in the 1912 election ,,, the high-water mark for the movement in that state.
During the years of World War I, LeSueur was tapped to head the legal department of People's College, a socialist-oriented correspondence school located in Fort Scott, Kansas. It was there that he met Marian Wharton, the head of the English department at the school. The pair soon married and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. LeSueur thereby became the stepfather of the writer Meridel LeSueur (#60336894).
During the years of World War I the Socialist Party of North Dakota essentially dissolved, with its adherents joining the fledgling National Non-Partisan League, headed by Arthur C. Townley. LeSueur was active in support of this new organization. After a brief flurry of successful campaigns and policy initiatives, this organization developed financial problems in 1921, leading Townley to resign his post as president of the organization the following year. The NPL was finally terminated in 1923.
Son of John and Amy Ann(e) "Annie" LeSueur, Jersey, Channel Islands
Married 1st., ...
Husband of Marion (McGovern) LeSueur
Married 2nd., ...
Mary Del "Marian" (Lucy) LeSueur ~ married ca. 1917
Mary Del "Marian" Lucy LeSueur married 1st., Winston William Wharton ~ married February 18, 1897. Parents of Maridel LeSueur.
I would like to thank Jim Morell for sponsoring Arthur LeSueur's memorial. His thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
American socialist newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer. LeSeuer is best remembered as the Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota, a post to which he was elected in 1912.
A committed socialist, in 1902 LeSueur was one of the primary organizers of the Socialist Party of North Dakota, establishing this state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America along with Fargo activist Arthur Bassett and others.[5] Speaking around the state constantly in support of the organization and the cause, LeSueur became the best known representative of the socialist movement in the state.
LeSueur served as the editor for the Iconoclast, a socialist paper printed in Minot. He was elected to the Minot City Commission in 1911 and in the following year LeSueur was elected as mayor of the city of Minot. The candidates of the Socialist across the state of North Dakota drew about 8% of the total vote in the 1912 election ,,, the high-water mark for the movement in that state.
During the years of World War I, LeSueur was tapped to head the legal department of People's College, a socialist-oriented correspondence school located in Fort Scott, Kansas. It was there that he met Marian Wharton, the head of the English department at the school. The pair soon married and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. LeSueur thereby became the stepfather of the writer Meridel LeSueur (#60336894).
During the years of World War I the Socialist Party of North Dakota essentially dissolved, with its adherents joining the fledgling National Non-Partisan League, headed by Arthur C. Townley. LeSueur was active in support of this new organization. After a brief flurry of successful campaigns and policy initiatives, this organization developed financial problems in 1921, leading Townley to resign his post as president of the organization the following year. The NPL was finally terminated in 1923.
Son of John and Amy Ann(e) "Annie" LeSueur, Jersey, Channel Islands
Married 1st., ...
Husband of Marion (McGovern) LeSueur
Married 2nd., ...
Mary Del "Marian" (Lucy) LeSueur ~ married ca. 1917
Mary Del "Marian" Lucy LeSueur married 1st., Winston William Wharton ~ married February 18, 1897. Parents of Maridel LeSueur.
I would like to thank Jim Morell for sponsoring Arthur LeSueur's memorial. His thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
Arthur LeSueur was elected in 1912 as Mayor of Minot, North Dakota.
American socialist newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer. LeSeuer is best remembered as the Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota, a post to which he was elected in 1912.
A committed socialist, in 1902 LeSueur was one of the primary organizers of the Socialist Party of North Dakota, establishing this state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America along with Fargo activist Arthur Bassett and others.[5] Speaking around the state constantly in support of the organization and the cause, LeSueur became the best known representative of the socialist movement in the state.
LeSueur served as the editor for the Iconoclast, a socialist paper printed in Minot. He was elected to the Minot City Commission in 1911 and in the following year LeSueur was elected as mayor of the city of Minot. The candidates of the Socialist across the state of North Dakota drew about 8% of the total vote in the 1912 election ,,, the high-water mark for the movement in that state.
During the years of World War I, LeSueur was tapped to head the legal department of People's College, a socialist-oriented correspondence school located in Fort Scott, Kansas. It was there that he met Marian Wharton, the head of the English department at the school. The pair soon married and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. LeSueur thereby became the stepfather of the writer Meridel LeSueur (#60336894).
During the years of World War I the Socialist Party of North Dakota essentially dissolved, with its adherents joining the fledgling National Non-Partisan League, headed by Arthur C. Townley. LeSueur was active in support of this new organization. After a brief flurry of successful campaigns and policy initiatives, this organization developed financial problems in 1921, leading Townley to resign his post as president of the organization the following year. The NPL was finally terminated in 1923.
Son of John and Amy Ann(e) "Annie" LeSueur, Jersey, Channel Islands
Married 1st., ...
Husband of Marion (McGovern) LeSueur
Married 2nd., ...
Mary Del "Marian" (Lucy) LeSueur ~ married ca. 1917
Mary Del "Marian" Lucy LeSueur married 1st., Winston William Wharton ~ married February 18, 1897. Parents of Maridel LeSueur.
I would like to thank Jim Morell for sponsoring Arthur LeSueur's memorial. His thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
American socialist newspaper editor, politician, and lawyer. LeSeuer is best remembered as the Socialist mayor of Minot, North Dakota, a post to which he was elected in 1912.
A committed socialist, in 1902 LeSueur was one of the primary organizers of the Socialist Party of North Dakota, establishing this state affiliate of the Socialist Party of America along with Fargo activist Arthur Bassett and others.[5] Speaking around the state constantly in support of the organization and the cause, LeSueur became the best known representative of the socialist movement in the state.
LeSueur served as the editor for the Iconoclast, a socialist paper printed in Minot. He was elected to the Minot City Commission in 1911 and in the following year LeSueur was elected as mayor of the city of Minot. The candidates of the Socialist across the state of North Dakota drew about 8% of the total vote in the 1912 election ,,, the high-water mark for the movement in that state.
During the years of World War I, LeSueur was tapped to head the legal department of People's College, a socialist-oriented correspondence school located in Fort Scott, Kansas. It was there that he met Marian Wharton, the head of the English department at the school. The pair soon married and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota. LeSueur thereby became the stepfather of the writer Meridel LeSueur (#60336894).
During the years of World War I the Socialist Party of North Dakota essentially dissolved, with its adherents joining the fledgling National Non-Partisan League, headed by Arthur C. Townley. LeSueur was active in support of this new organization. After a brief flurry of successful campaigns and policy initiatives, this organization developed financial problems in 1921, leading Townley to resign his post as president of the organization the following year. The NPL was finally terminated in 1923.
Son of John and Amy Ann(e) "Annie" LeSueur, Jersey, Channel Islands
Married 1st., ...
Husband of Marion (McGovern) LeSueur
Married 2nd., ...
Mary Del "Marian" (Lucy) LeSueur ~ married ca. 1917
Mary Del "Marian" Lucy LeSueur married 1st., Winston William Wharton ~ married February 18, 1897. Parents of Maridel LeSueur.
I would like to thank Jim Morell for sponsoring Arthur LeSueur's memorial. His thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated.
