Howard Floyd Bier (born August 20, 1919) is an American former politician in the state of North Dakota and World War II veteran.
During World War II, he was stationed out in Italy and fixed airplanes for the United States Air Force.
He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1959 to 1972, and as Speaker of the House in 1971.
Bier married Melvena Beahm McLeish (1920–2025) in 1988. They split between living in Hazelton, North Dakota most of the year and Mesa, Arizona in the winter until 2000, when they moved to Bismarck, North Dakota full-time.
He turned 100 in August 2019. As of 2023, he was said to be in good health and sharp, albeit with some hearing loss.
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