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Robert Byrne (North Dakota politician)

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Robert Byrne
8th North Dakota Secretary of State
In office
January 1, 1925 – December 31, 1934
GovernorRagnvald Nestos
Arthur G. Sorlie
Walter Maddock
George F. Shafer
William Langer
Ole H. Olson
Preceded byThomas Hall
Succeeded byJames D. Gronna
Personal details
BornFebruary 4, 1886
DiedDecember 31, 1967 (aged 81)
Bismarck, North Dakota
Political partyRepublican

Robert Byrne (February 4, 1886 – December 31, 1967) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the Secretary of State of North Dakota from 1925 to 1934.[1] Byrne served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1917 to 1920, and in the North Dakota Senate from 1921 to 1924. He first won election to the Secretary of State position in 1924, and served until he was defeated by James D. Gronna in the 1934 Republican Primary.

In 1930, when the Capitol building was on fire, Byrne was able to save an original copy of the state Constitution from fire, suffering cuts and burns in the process.

He died in Bismarck, North Dakota at the age of 81 in 1967.[2]

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for North Dakota Secretary of State
1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1932
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of North Dakota
1925–1934
Succeeded by