Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te haerenga tuatahi o Olesen ki te tōrangapū i tua atu i āna mahi kōrero i tae mai i te Pipiri 1920 i a ia e noho ana hei kaitono ki te Democratic National Convention
He aha? Na, i te tau 1922, i pootihia ia e te huihuinga a te Manapori o Minnesota hei kaitono mo te United States Senate me te neke atu i te 47 ōrau o te pooti, ka noho ko ia te wahine tuatahi i tohua mo te tūranga e tetahi roopu nui i tetahi kawanatanga. Ko ana kaiwhakataetae mo te kowhiringa pooti whanui ko Henrik Shipstead, i tohua e te roopu Farmer-Labor me Frank B. Kellogg, te Republican o te wa nei. Ahakoa te kaha o te pakanga, i wikitoria a Shipstead i te pooti me Kellogg i te tuarua me Olesen i te tuatoru.