Ka cika wannan jumlar: Erlandsen ya yi shekara 23 yana aiki a kamfanin ƙera takarda na Escanaba. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen shirya ƙungiyar kuɗi don kamfanin a 1941, kuma ya zama zaɓaɓɓen mai ba da kuɗi da manajan ƙungiyar kuɗi har zuwa 1948. A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1948, an zabi Erlandsen zuwa Majalisar Wakilan Michigan inda ya wakilci gundumar Delta daga ranar 5 ga Janairu, 1949 zuwa 31 ga Disamba, 1964. A ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 1964, an sake zabar Erlandsen zuwa Majalisar Wakilan Michigan inda ya wakilci gundumar 107 daga 13 ga Janairu, 1965 zuwa 31 ga Disamba, 1966. An ci Erlandsen a lokacin da ya nemi sake zaben a shekarar 1966, kuma a shekarar 1968. A cikin
1956, Erlandsen wakili ne ga Babban Taron Demokradiyya.