Eliot Glassheim
State houseNorth Dakota
District18th
Term startJanuary 5, 1993
Term endJanuary 2017
SuccessorSteve Vetter
Birth dateFebruary 10, 1938
Birth placeNew York City, U.S.
Death dateDecember 25, 2019 (aged 81)
Death placeGrand Forks, North Dakota, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseDyan Rey
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque
(MA, PhD)

Eliot Glassheim (February 10, 1938 – December 25, 2019) was an American politician. He was a North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 18th district from 1993 until 2017. He served as a Representative previously in 1975. Glassheim served on the Grand Forks City Council from 1982 to 2012. He obtained a B.A. from Wesleyan University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. Glassheim founded Dr. Eliot's Twice Sold Tales, a used bookstore, which he owned until January 2015. Glassheim also wrote several books and poems.[1][2][3]

Glassheim was the Democratic-NPL nominee for the 2016 U.S. Senate election. He lost to incumbent Republican Sen. John Hoeven by nearly 62 percentage points. He died December 25, 2019, from lung cancer.[4][5]

Personal

Glassheim was Jewish.[6]

References

  1. ^ Haley, Charly (January 2, 2016). "Mocks buy Glassheim's used bookstore in Grand Forks". Grand Forks Herald. Forum Communications. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Eliot Glassheim | North Dakota Legislative Branch". www.legis.nd.gov
  3. ^ "Eliot Glassheim Papers, 1982-1984, 1997-1999 | Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections". apps.library.und.edu
  4. ^ Mook, Sydney (26 December 2019). "Longtime Grand Forks politician Eliot Glassheim dies at 81". Grand Forks Herald
  5. ^ "Service set for longtime Grand Forks politician Eliot Glassheim". 27 December 2019.
  6. ^ Kampeas, Ron & Fingerhut, Eric. "'Kvelling' for Obama". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 12 April 2020.