Eliot Glassheim | |
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| 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) |
| 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 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.
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 on December 25, 2019, from lung cancer.
Glassheim was Jewish.