Sandy Keith

Alexander MacDonald Keith
Alexander MacDonald Keith
Chief Justice of the; Minnesota Supreme Court
	In office; December 1, 1990 – January 29, 1998
Appointed by	Rudy Perpich
Preceded by	Peter S. Popovich
Succeeded by	Kathleen A. Blatz
Associate Justice of the; Minnesota Supreme Court
	In office; February 1, 1989 – December 1, 1990
Appointed by	Rudy Perpich
37th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
	In office; January 8, 1963 – January 2, 1967
Governor	Elmer L. Andersen; Karl Rolvaag
Preceded by	Karl Rolvaag
Succeeded by	James B. Goetz
Member of the Minnesota Senate; from the 4th district
	In office; January 6, 1959 – January 7, 1963
Preceded by	Walter Burdick
Succeeded by	Harold G. Krieger
Personal details
Born	November 22, 1928; Rochester, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Marion E. Sanford
Alma mater	Amherst College; Yale Law School

Alexander MacDonald "Sandy" Keith (born November 22, 1928) is a Minnesota lawyer who served as a state senator, the 37th Lieutenant Governor, and an associate justice and chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Early life

Keith was born in Rochester, Minnesota to Norman M. Keith and Edna (Alexander) Keith. His father was a physician who practiced medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He married Marion E. Sanford April 29, 1955. Keith graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1950, and from Yale Law School in 1953. He then served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Career

After returning to his hometown of Rochester, Minnesota, Keith took a job as counsel with the Mayo Clinic, where he worked with future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. In 1959, he was elected to the Minnesota State Senate as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). During his tenure as a State Senator, Keith served as a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. He was Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota under Governor Karl Rolvaag from 1963 until 1967. He challenged Rolvaag for the nomination to be the DFL's candidate for governor in the 1966 general election, but was defeated by Rolvaag in the primary election. In 1989, Keith began serving as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He became Chief Justice in 1990 and served in that capacity until 1998.

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Political offices
Preceded by Karl Rolvaag	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1963–1967	Succeeded by James B. Goetz
Legal offices
Preceded by Peter S. Popovich	Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court 1990–1998	Succeeded by Kathleen A. Blatz
Party political offices
Preceded by Karl Rolvaag	Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate, Minnesota DFL State Convention 1966	Succeeded by Wendell Anderson

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