Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Erlandsen mō te 23 tau hei kaihanga pepa mō Escanaba Paper Company. I whai wāhi nui ia ki te whakarite i tētahi uniana nama mō te kamupene i te tau 1941, ā, i tū ia hei kaitiaki tahua me te kaiwhakahaere o te uniana nama tae noa ki te tau 1948. I te Noema 2, 1948, i pootihia a Erlandsen ki te Whare Kawana o Michigan i reira i tohu ai ia i te rohe o Delta County mai i te Hanuere 5, 1949 ki te Tihema 31, 1964. I te Noema 4, 1964, i kowhiria ano a Erlandsen ki te Whare Paremata o Michigan i reira i tohu ai ia i te rohe 107 mai i te Hanuere 13, 1965 ki te Tihema 31, 1966. I hinga a Erlandsen i a ia e whai ana kia whiriwhiria ano i te tau 1966, a i te tau 1968. I te tau 1956
Ko Erlandsen he kaitono ki te Democratic National Convention.