Joseph A. A. Burnquist

Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist was an American attorney and Republican politician in Minnesota. He served in the Minnesota State Legislature from 1909 to 1911, was elected the 20th lieutenant governor of Minnesota in 1912, and then served as the 19th governor of Minnesota from December 30, 1915, to January 5, 1921. He became governor after the death of Governor Winfield Scott Hammond (1863–1915).