[1] Before seeking political office, Jurgensen served as president of the Western Union Life Insurance Company in Lincoln, Nebraska.

[3][4] Jurgensen was first elected Nebraska Lieutenant Governor as a Democrat in November 1932, defeating Republican incumbent Theodore Metcalfe as part of a Democratic landslide in the state connected to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election as President.

[6] Jurgensen was removed from office in June 1938, after being convicted in March 1938 of embezzling $549 in a stock transaction between a co-defendant and a railroad station agent in September 1934.

[7] Jurgensen contested the conviction and sought renomination for a fourth term as lieutenant governor, but was declared ineligible to participate in the primary.

He was sentenced to serve two to five years, and was freed by the state pardon board in December 1940 after making an unopposed request to be released.