Adolph M. Christianson

Adolph Marcus Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker Municipality in Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota and received his early education in the Minnesota public schools. He attended the Law Department of the University of Tennessee. He was admitted to the bar on March 27, 1889. He moved to North Dakota in 1900 and was admitted to the North Dakota Bar. ==Career==

Christianson opened an office in Towner, North Dakota, where he practiced until his election to the North Dakota Supreme Court. He served as state's attorney from 1901 until 1905. Christianson served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1915 to 1954 ==References==