Karl Emil Nygard
Karl Emil Nygard | |
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Mayor of Crosby, Minnesota | |
In office January 3, 1933 – January 2, 1934 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Iron Belt, Wisconsin | August 25, 1906
Died | April 26, 1984 | (aged 77)
Political party | Communist |
Spouse | Helen Koski |
Karl Emil Nygard, also known as Emil C. Nygard and under the pen name Ada M. Oredigger (August 25, 1906 – April 26, 1984), was an American Communist politician who became the first Communist mayor in the United States when he was elected president of the village council of Crosby, Minnesota, in 1932.[1]
Political life
The son of
Saying that he was "under the strict discipline of the Communist party", Nygard incorporated the Workers Advisory Committee into the municipal government by allowing it to pass bills before they went before the village council. On a controversial trip to New York City in 1933, he was accused of exaggerating his influence to Communist audiences and boasted of his challenges to the authority of Crosby police and businessmen. One of his acts in office was to declare May Day an official holiday. Nygard was defeated for reelection in December 1933[3] and made his last run in 1934.
Personal life
Nygard married Helen Koski, a
References
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- ^ "Helen e. Nygard Obituary". Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- Brunfelt, Pamela A. (2002). "Karl Emil Nygard: Minnesota's Communist mayor" (PDF). JSTOR 20188334.