Raphael "Ray" Schnell (May 1, 1893 – April 5, 1970) was a

North Dakota Republican Party The North Dakota Republican Party is the North Dakota affiliate of the United States Republican Party. Its platform is conservative. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling North Dakota's at-large U.S. House seat, both U.S ...

politician who served as the 23rd

lieutenant governor of North Dakota The lieutenant governor of North Dakota is a political office in North Dakota. The lieutenant governor's duty is to preside as President of the Senate, and is responsible for legislative relations, the state budget and agribusiness development. I ...

from 1951 to 1953 under Governor Clarence Norman Brunsdale. Schnell also served in the North Dakota House from 1939 to 1940, 1943–1946, and 1963–1964. Schnell died in 1970 of cancer at age 77.Article on Schnell's death
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Lieutenant governors of North Dakota 1893 births 1970 deaths Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives 20th-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly {{NorthDakota-politician-stub