Eliot Glassheim | |
|---|---|
| Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the 18th district | |
| In office January 5, 1993 – January 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Steve Vetter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 10, 1938 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 2019 (aged 81) Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Dyan Rey |
| Education | Wesleyan University (BA) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (MA, PhD) |
Eliot Glassheim (February 10, 1938 – December 25, 2019) 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 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]