Hennepin County
Minnesota
Hennepin County information:
- Population: 1,116,200 (2000); 1,032,431 (1990)
- Land area 557 square miles.
- County seat: Minneapolis
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(not intended to be complete)
Earle
Brown (Sheriff, 1920-29)
Earle
Brown (Sheriff, 1942-46)
Mike
Freeman (County Attorney, 1991-98)
Amy
Klobuchar (County Attorney, 1999-2006)
- No city given:
- Bloomington:
Jack
W. Carlson
- Margaret
Cavanaugh
- George
A. Farr
- Bill
Frenzel
- Robert
W. Mattson
- Dennis
Sathre
- Brooklyn Center:
Earle
Brown
- Phil
Carruthers
- Brooklyn Park:
Bea
Ludens
- John
C. Ludens
- William
P. Luther
- Robert
Mannella
- Jesse
Ventura
- Crystal:
Harvey
Heise
- Dayton:
Loretta
Holscher
- Eden Prairie:
Lou
Ellingson
- Jean
Louise Harris
- Nancy
Nelson
- Richard
Nelson
- Peggy
Schelin
- Darryl
Stanton
- Edina:
Alf
Bergerud
- Reuben
Erickson
- Robert
A. Forsythe
- Dave
Lee
- Mrs.
John J. Louis
- Effie
McKerson
- John
Mooty
- Tim
O'Brien
- Robert
Wills
- Excelsior:
Mrs.
C. E. Howard
- Mrs.
Edward Howard
- Manley
Kleven
- Miles
Lord
- Eugene
A. O'Brien
- Steven
Lee Perkins
- Thomas
D. Schall
- Golden Valley:
Betty
Folliard
- Rodney
C. Jacobson
- Jack
Mogelson
- Leonard
Nadasdy
- Peggy
Specktor
- A.
G. Stasel
- Hamel:
Rodney
C. Jacobson
- Hopkins:
Albert
J. Hoffman
- Archie
H. Miller
- W.
Harlan Perbix
- Long Lake:
Mrs.
Ed Dumas
- Maple Grove:
Georgiana
Ruzich
- Medicine Lake:
David
K. Roe
- Medina:
Janet
Schutz
- Minneapolis:
- Lived in Minneapolis, year not specified:
Floyd
B. Olson
- John
S. Pillsbury
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1850-1859:
Cyrus
Aldrich
- Isaac
Atwater
- Erastus
N. Bates
- Francis
R. E. Cornell
- Loren
Fletcher
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1860-1869:
Erastus
N. Bates
- Francis
R. E. Cornell
- Charles
E. Flandrau
- Loren
Fletcher
- Hugh
G. Harrison
- Dorilus
Morrison
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1870-1879:
Albert
A. Ames
- Eli
B. Ames
- Horace
Austin
- George
A. Brackett
- David
M. Clough
- Francis
R. E. Cornell
- John
de Laittre
- Loren
Fletcher
- Orlando
C. Merriman
- A.
C. Rand
- John
H. Stevens
- Eugene
M. Wilson
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1880-1889:
E.
C. Babb
- Francis
R. E. Cornell
- Daniel
Fish
- Loren
Fletcher
- William
John Hahn
- Frank
M. Nye
- George
A. Pillsbury
- John
H. Stevens
- Charles
E. Vanderburgh
- Eugene
M. Wilson
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1890-1899:
Wilbur
Franklin Booth
- Thomas
Canty
- David
M. Clough
- William
H. Eustis
- Daniel
Fish
- Loren
Fletcher
- James
Gray
- Frank
M. Nye
- Gilbert
A. Pierce
- Robert
Pratt
- John
H. Stevens
- Phillip
B. Winston
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1900-1909:
Wilbur
Franklin Booth
- T.
E. Burns
- William
H. Eustis
- Daniel
Fish
- Loren
Fletcher
- Stewart
Gamble
- Otto
E. Greeley
- James
C. Haynes
- Walter
W. Heffelfinger
- David
P. Jones
- John
Lind
- Thomas
Lowry
- Carl
J. Lundquist
- Frank
M. Nye
- C. A.
Smith
- John
H. Stevens
- Lauritz
S. Swenson
- Samuel
R. Van Sant
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1910-1919:
Charles
S. Albright
- Edward
L. Antletz
- Wilbur
Franklin Booth
- Josiah
H. Chase
- Daniel
Fish
- Lowell
E. Jepson
- Ernest
Lundeen
- James
Manahan
- J.
Edward Meyers
- Harry
J. Murphy
- Frank
M. Nye
- Wallace
G. Nye
- George
H. Selover
- E. E.
Smith
- George
R. Smith
- Lauritz
S. Swenson
- Thomas
Van Lear
- Samuel
R. Van Sant
- Peter
J. Youngdahl
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1920-1929:
Edward
L. Antletz
- Mrs.
J. B. Atkinson
- Z.
L. Begin
- Wilbur
Franklin Booth
- William
F. Brooks
- Mrs.
Frank J. Bruno
- J.
A. A. Burnquist
- Ruth
H. Carpenter
- Josiah
H. Chase
- Louis
L. Collins
- Neil
M. Cronin
- Mrs.
Oce Curtis
- Grace
Kaercher Davis
- Fred
A. Dickey
- Daniel
Fish
- Mrs.
Manley L. Fosseen
- Thomas
F. Gallagher
- Mrs.
P. J. Gleason
- Mrs.
Stanley V. Hodge
- Lowell
E. Jepson
- William
F. Kunze
- George
E. Leach
- Gottfrid
Lindsten
- Mrs.
Edward L. McNulty
- J.
Edward Meyers
- Frank
Nelson
- Walter
H. Newton
- William
Ignatius Nolan
- Frank
M. Nye
- Jacob
A. O. Preus
- J.
A. Richards
- John
Ryan
- Henrik
Shipstead
- Mrs.
A. W. Strong
- E.
J. Sweeney
- Lauritz
S. Swenson
- H.
A. Thexton
- Samuel
R. Van Sant
- Fred
E. Wheaton
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1930-1939:
William
C. Affeld, Jr.
- John
G. Alexander
- William
A. Anderson
- Edward
L. Antletz
- Alexander
Gilbert Bainbridge
- Harry
A. Blackmun
- Hiram
A. Boucher
- Theodore
Christianson
- Grace
Kaercher Davis
- Farrell
Dobbs
- William
S. Ervin
- Thomas
F. Gallagher
- John
M. Harrison
- W.
J. Hartung
- Totten
P. Heffelfinger
- Einar
Hoidale
- Mrs.
H. G. Irvine
- Lowell
E. Jepson
- William
F. Kunze
- Thomas
E. Latimer
- George
E. Leach
- Gottfrid
Lindsten
- Walter
S. Lundeen
- Leroy
E. Matson
- Keith
Merrill
- J.
Edward Meyers
- Mrs.
L. F. Miller
- James W.
Nash
- Walter
H. Newton
- William
Ignatius Nolan
- Frank
M. Nye
- Mrs.
Louis H. Schnedler
- Henrik
Shipstead
- Julian
O. Sletten
- Lauritz
S. Swenson
- Samuel
R. Van Sant
- Mrs.
M. H. Wittich
- Robert
F. Woodward
- Oscar
F. Youngdahl
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1940-1949:
William
C. Affeld, Jr.
- Guy
Alexander
- Gertrude
Anderson
- Sydney
Anderson
- Edward
L. Antletz
- Russell
K. Berg
- Harry
A. Blackmun
- Mayme
Blakeslee
- L.
E. Brophey
- John
Bystrom
- George
Casey
- Mrs.
Avis Chase
- Jens
Christensen
- Thomas
N. Christie
- George
Demetriou
- La
Moine M. Dowling
- Mrs.
Nelson Drake
- William
J. Dwyer
- Mrs.
H. A. Erpenbach
- Larry
F. Erskine
- Caroline
Foley
- Orville
L. Freeman
- Thomas
F. Gallagher
- Sander
Genis
- Totten
P. Heffelfinger
- Myrtle
Hegman
- Harry
Henneman
- Eric
G. Hoyer
- Hubert
H. Humphrey
- Merrill
Hutchinson
- Dagmar
Irgens
- Mrs.
I. W. Irgens
- Vane
Jackson
- Dorothy
Jacobson
- Rodney
C. Jacobson
- Jack
Jorgenson
- Walter
H. Judd
- Mrs.
Leonard Keyes
- Marcella
Killen
- E.
M. Kirkpatrick
- Marvin
L. Kline
- Emily
KneuBuhl
- Rubin
Latz
- Harry
Leonard
- Bernice
Lien
- Alfred
Lindley
- Gottfrid
Lindsten
- Harry
Lund
- Walter
Lundberg
- George
E. MacKinnon
- Blanche
McIntosh
- Mrs.
L. F. Miller
- Arthur
Naftalin
- Mrs.
Arthur Naftalin
- William
Ignatius Nolan
- Milton
C. Rewinkel
- Gordon
Sanders
- Mrs.
C. M. Shepley
- Robert
Short
- Darrell
D. Smith
- Charles
L. Tunell
- Ann
Vetter
- Mildred
B. Walling
- Abbott
Washburn
- Robert
W. Weise, Jr.
- George
Williamson
- Thomas
B. Wilson
- Carl
Winter
- Helen
Winter
- Robert
Wishart
- Donald
O. Wright
- Luther
W. Youngdahl
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1950-1959:
Edward
L. Antletz
- Samuel
H. Bellman
- Russell
K. Berg
- Val
Björnson
- Harry
A. Blackmun
- Gladys
Brooks
- Signe
Burckhardt
- John
Bystrom
- Grace
Carlson
- Jack
Davies
- Ed
Donahue
- Daniel
S. Feidt
- M.
Wayne Field
- Rudy
Fischer
- Margaret
Foley
- Donald
M. Fraser
- Orville
L. Freeman
- Mary
Gale
- Edward
Glennon
- H.
P. 'Pat' Goodin
- Eric
G. Hoyer
- Hubert
H. Humphrey
- Ivon
Ingebretsen
- Dorothy
Jacobson
- Verne
Johnson
- Willard
P. Jones
- Jack
Jorgenson
- Walter
H. Judd
- Harold
Kalina
- Herman
J. Kording
- Mrs.
Earl Kyle
- Bernice
Lien
- Rhoda
S. Lund
- George
W. Martens
- George
W. Matthews
- Eleanor
Moen
- John
Mooty
- Arthur
Naftalin
- Steve
Nehotte
- Cecil
Newman
- P.
Kenneth Peterson
- Leonard
F. Ramberg
- Joseph
Robbie
- Karl
F. Rolvaag
- Charles
W. Root
- Marguerite
J. Santrizos
- Robert
E. Short
- Margo
Sprague
- Ruby
Stephens
- Norman
Stewart
- Mrs.
J. E. Swanson
- Ann
Vetter
- Roy
W. Wier
- Oscar
Winger
- Betty
Wood
- George
Wozniak
- Donald
O. Wright
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1960-1969:
Dagmar
Anderson
- Edward
L. Antletz
- C.
Leeds Bauman
- L.
Howard Bennett
- Val
Björnson
- Mrs.
John Bolger
- John
Burmeister
- Mrs.
Arthur Bussell
- Arne
H. Carlson
- Gerald
Dillion
- Henry
Feikema
- Donald
M. Fraser
- Fred
Gates
- Douglas
M. Head
- Jack
Jorgenson
- Geri
M. Joseph
- Walter
H. Judd
- Robert
Latz
- Rhoda
S. Lund
- Sally
Luther
- George
W. Matthews
- Robert
W. Mattson
- Henry
McKnight
- Mrs.
John Mooty
- Arthur
Naftalin
- P.
Kenneth Peterson
- Joseph
Robbie
- David
Roe
- Arnold
Rose
- Marguerite
J. Santrizos
- George
Scott
- George
Smith
- Charles
Stenvig
- Fred
Thorson
- Mrs.
Donald Weesner
- William
J. Whitbeck
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1970-1979:
Carrolyn
Anderson
- Rudy
Boschwitz
- Elsa
Carpenter
- Brian
J. Coyle
- Richard
M. Erdall
- Gary
Flakne
- Donald
M. Fraser
- Douglas
M. Head
- Albert
J. Hofstede
- David
N. Krogseng
- Rhoda
S. Lund
- Sally
McComb
- Lillian
F. Warren
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1980-1989:
Tom
Beaver
- Sharon
Sayles Belton
- Tom
Berg
- Joyce
M. Brady
- Maurice
Britts
- Tim
Cole
- Janet
M. Conn
- Debra
Cottone
- Brian
J. Coyle
- William
J. Davis
- David
F. Durenberger
- Don
Early
- Donald
M. Fraser
- John
D. French
- Rose
Hermodson
- Curtis
Herron
- Phyllis
Kahn
- Maureen
Keating
- Patt
Kelly
- Earl
R. Larson
- Wanda
McKenzie
- Dennis
E. Miller
- Mary
Monahan
- Karl
Neid
- Martin
Olav Sabo
- Bea
Underwood
- Ruth
Woods
- Lived in Minneapolis, 1990-1999:
Sharon
Sayles Belton
- Brian
J. Coyle
- Steve
Cramer
- John
E. Derus
- Donald
M. Fraser
- George
E. Grant
- Richard
Jefferson
- Rip
Rapson
- Martin
Olav Sabo
- Lived in Minneapolis, 2000-2008:
Sharon
Sayles Belton
- Scott
Benson
- Jed
Burkett
- Donna
Cassutt
- D.
Scott Dibble
- Anne
Dykstra
- Ron
Eibensteiner
- Keith
Ellison
- Dawn
Erlandson
- Mike
Erlandson
- Peggy
Flanagan
- Ken
Foxworth
- Jake
Grassel
- John
Halverson
- Sarah
Janacek
- Mohamed
Jibrell
- Sylvia
Kaplan
- Krysta
Kavenaugh
- Mary
Faith Kidder
- Amy
Klobuchar
- Janet
Lund
- Nakiesha
Mabrey
- Annette
Meeks
- Jack
Meeks
- Walter
F. Mondale
- DyShaun
Muhammad
- Mahilam
Palanisami
- Everett
Pettiford
- R.
T. Rybak
- Martin
Olav Sabo
- Seema
Shah
- Jackie
Stevenson
- Amanda
Tempel
- Charles
Underwood
- Dominick
Washington
- Rose
Ann Zimbro
- Minnetonka:
Marge
Nelson Hoffa
- Virginia
Olson
- Jim
Ramstad
- Richard
Stranik
- Mound:
Horace
Austin
- Richard
P. Gale
- George
S. Lockhart
- Orono:
A.
A. D. Rahn
- Moses
G. Sherburne
- Osseo:
Charles
Munn
- Plymouth:
Jonas
H. Howe
- Clark
MacGregor
- Deborah
Watts
- Richfield:
Fred
O. Kittell
- Fred
C. Reller
- Robbinsdale:
William
Currie
- Ember
D. Reichgott
- Charles
O. Wallace
- St. Anthony:
A.
M. Fridley
- John
Madden
- William
R. Marshall
- D.
A. Secombe
- St. Louis Park:
H.
J. Bolmgren
- R.
C. Fernstrom
- Jennifer
Godinez
- Betty
Green
- Sharron
Hardy
- C.
L. Hurd
- Mrs.
Pat Sewall
- Wayzata:
Rudy
Boschwitz
- Donald
M. Dickey
- Robert
L. Gambrill
- Elizabeth
E. Heffelfinger
- Mrs.
F. Peavey Heffelfinger
- Ernest
Lundeen
- W.
C. O'Laughlin
- Mrs.
Raymond Plank
- Marge
Shanard
- Dana
Stone
- Lucian
A. Strong
- Newell
P. Weed, Jr.
- See also Minn. areas
not assigned to counties.
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
- Jean Louise Harris (c.1931-2001) — of Richmond,
Va.; Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Virginia. Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Eden Prairie, Minn., 1995-2001; died in office 2001; candidate
in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 2000. Female. Black. Episcopalian
or Lutheran.
Died, of lung
cancer, in a hospital
at Eden Prairie, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
14, 2001. Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Politicians buried here:
- Charles William Dorsett (1850-1936) — also known as
Charles W. Dorsett — of Minnesota. Born in
Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850. Married, June 29,
1876, to Martha A. Angle (1851-1918; first woman admitted to the
bar in Minnesota). Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904, 1906, 1916 (primary). Swedenborgian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 26,
1936. Interment somewhere.
Crystal Lake Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William James Gallagher (1875-1946) — also known as
William J. Gallagher — of Minnesota. Born in
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 13,
1875. Son of Patrick J. Gallagher and Louisa (Knaeble) Gallagher;
married, June 6,
1936, to Mabel Pierson. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1945-46; defeated
(Democratic), 1942; died in office 1946. Died in a hospital
at Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
13, 1946. Interment at Crystal Lake Cemetery.
Fort Snelling National Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) — also known as
Frank E. Hook — of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich. Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., May 26,
1893. Married to Elsie C. Schneider. Democrat. Served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
municipal judge in Michigan, 1924-25; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1935-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942 (12th District), 1946 (12th District), 1954 (12th
District), 1956 (12th District), 1958 (12th District), 1966 (11th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1948; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Michigan, 1948;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957. Lutheran.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Sigma
Delta Kappa. Died June 21,
1982. Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
- Mark H. Gehan (1892-1967) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1892. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1934-38. Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 23,
1967. Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
- Joseph E. Dillon (d. 1990) — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1954-60; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., April 17,
1990. Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
- Frank Leguil (1892-1964) — of Adrian, Nobles
County, Minn. Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, April 17,
1892. Son of Louis Leguil and Kathryn Leguil. Democrat. Served in
the U.S. Army during World War I; road
contractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1940.
Died in Canada,
January
20, 1964. Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
- Harold Nelson Bishop (b. 1894) — also known as
Harold Bishop — of Park Rapids, Hubbard
County, Minn. Born in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., September
20, 1894. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1948.
Interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Hillside Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) — also known as
Elmer L. Andersen — of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909. Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen;
married to Eleanor Johnson. Republican. Glue
manufacturing business; dairy
farmer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1949-59; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962. Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died November
15, 2004. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
- Henry George Teigan (1881-1941) — also known as
Henry G. Teigan — of Minnesota. Born in Iowa, 1881.
Member of Minnesota state legislature; Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1937-39; defeated
(Farmer-Labor), 1932. Died in 1941.
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
- Daniel George Shillock (c.1824-1878) — of New Ulm,
Brown
County, Minn. Born near Tilsit, Prussia (now Sovetsk, Russia).
Granduncle of John
C. Shillock. Member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1863-66. Died August
17, 1878. Original interment at Maple Hill
Cemetery (which no longer exists); reinterment in 1894 at
Hillside Cemetery.
Lakewood Cemetery
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) — also
known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H.";
"The Happy Warrior"; "The Hump"
— of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Wallace, Codington
County, S.Dak., May 27,
1911. Son of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey; brother of Ralph
W. Humphrey; married, September
3, 1936, to Muriel
Fay Buck; father of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey III; grandfather of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey IV. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; Democratic candidate for
President
of the United States, 1968. Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Council on
Foreign Relations; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias. Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. Died, of cancer, at
Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) — also known as
Orville L. Freeman — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1918. Father of Mike
Freeman. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; aide
to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1950; Governor of
Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,
1960; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69. Lutheran.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action; Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Purple
Heart; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Moose; Sons of
Norway; Phi
Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- John Sargent Pillsbury (1827-1901) — also known as
John S. Pillsbury — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Sutton, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 29,
1827. Son of John
Pillsbury. Republican. Member of Minnesota
state senate, 1864-68, 1871, 1873-75 (4th District 1864-68, 1871,
25th District 1873-75); Governor of
Minnesota, 1876-82. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
18, 1901. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) — also known as
Thomas D. Schall — of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878. Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall; married
1907 to
Margaret Huntley. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; died in office 1935. Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock in 1907. Hit by an
automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near Cottage
City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days later,
in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Floyd Björnstjerne Olson (1891-1936) — also
known as Floyd B. Olson — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born November
13, 1891. Governor of
Minnesota, 1931-36; defeated, 1924; died in office 1936. Died August
22, 1936. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- John Lind (1854-1930) — of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Kanna, Smaland, Sweden,
March
25, 1854. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1887-93, 1903-05 (2nd District
1887-93, 5th District 1903-05); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1899-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1896, 1900;
Prohibition candidate for Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1916. Died September
18, 1930. Cremated; ashes
interred at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) — also known as
Paul Wellstone; "Senator Welfare" — of
Minnesota. Born in Washington,
D.C., July 21,
1944. Son of Leon Wexelstein and Minnie (Danishevsky) Wexelstein;
married 1963
to Sheila Ison (1944-2002). College
professor; arrested
during a Vietnam War
protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested
again during a protest of
farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984;
candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa. Killed in a plane
crash, along with his wife and daughter, near Eveleth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
25, 2002. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- William Drew Washburn (1831-1912) — of Hennepin
County, Minn.; Fair Oaks (unknown
county), Minn. Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, January
14, 1831. Son of Israel
Washburn, Sr. and Martha B. Washburn; nephew of Reuel
Washburn; brother of Israel
Washburn, Jr., Elihu
Benjamin Washburne, Cadwallader
Colden Washburn and Charles
Ames Washburn; married, April 19,
1859, to Elizabeth M. Muzzy; father of Stanley
Washburn. Republican. Surveyor General of Minnesota, 1861; miller; lumber
business; railroad
promoter; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 5th District, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1879-85 (3rd District 1879-83, 4th
District 1883-85); U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1889-95. Universalist.
Died July 29,
1912. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) — also known as
Alfred J. Pearson — of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa. Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869. Son of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson;
married 1901
to Thea Pauline Swenson (daughter of Lars
Swenson). Republican. University
professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30. Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa. Died August 9,
1939. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Rudolph George Perpich (1928-1995) — also known as
Rudy Perpich; "Governor Goofy" — of
Hibbing, St. Louis
County, Minn. Born in Carson Lake (now part of Hibbing), St. Louis
County, Minn., June 27,
1928. Democrat. Dentist;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1963-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1971-76; Governor of
Minnesota, 1976-79, 1983-91; defeated, 1978; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1984.
Catholic.
Croatian
ancestry. Died of colon
cancer, in Minnetonka, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
21, 1995. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Guy Victor Howard (1879-1954) — also known as Guy
V. Howard — of Minnesota. Born in Minnesota, November
28, 1879. Republican. U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936-37. Died August
20, 1954. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833-1890) — also known as
Eugene M. Wilson — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1833. Great-grandson of Isaac
Griffin; grandson of Thomas
Wilson; son of Edgar
Campbell Wilson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1857-61; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1869-71; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-73, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1876;
member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1879; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1888. Died April 10,
1890. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) — also known as
Godfrey G. Goodwin — of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn. Born in Minnesota, 1873.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933. Died when he jumped or
fell
from a fifth-floor window at the Hotel
Driscoll, Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1933. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Walter Hughes Newton (1880-1941) — also known as
Walter H. Newton — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1880. Son of Thomas Rogers Newton and Mary (Hughes) Newton.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1919-29; secretary
and administrative assistant to President Herbert
Hoover, 1929; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1941. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Muriel Buck Humphrey (1912-1998) — also known as
Muriel Fay Buck; Muriel Humphrey Brown — of
Minnesota. Born in South Dakota, 1912.
Married, September
3, 1936, to Hubert
Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (son of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey); mother of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey III; grandmother of Hubert
Horatio Humphrey IV. Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978. Female.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., 1998.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Loren Fletcher (1833-1919) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, April 10,
1833. Republican. Lumber
manufacturer; flour mill
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 26th District, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1893-1903, 1905-07;
defeated, 1902. Died in 1919.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Sydney Anderson (1881-1948) — of Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Zumbrota, Goodhue
County, Minn., September
18, 1881. Son of Charles B. Anderson and Anna Knudsen (Strand)
Anderson; married, June 16,
1901, to Florence Belle Douglas. Republican. Served in the U.S.
Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1911-25;
vice-president, General Mills, 1929. Presbyterian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
8, 1948. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1859-1924) — also known
as Charles A. Lindbergh — of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn. Born in Stockholm, Sweden,
January
20, 1859. Nephew by marriage of John
Christian Lodge; father of Charles A. Lindbergh (famed aviator).
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1907-17; defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1918. Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., May 24,
1924. Cremated; ashes
interred at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Einar Hoidale (1870-1952) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Tromso, Norway,
August
17, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1930, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35. Died in St.
Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
5, 1952. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Charles Raymond Robertson (1889-1951) — also known
as Charles R. Robertson — of Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak. Born in Wisconsin, 1889.
Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1941-43, 1945-49;
defeated (Independent), 1942. Died in 1951.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) — of Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck, Burleigh
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.). Born in Brantford, Ontario,
September
30, 1846. Married, December
24, 1869, to Mary Elizabeth Higinbotham. Republican. Served in
the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
Dakota territorial council, 1872-73, 1887-89; President
of the Dakota Territorial Council, 1872-73; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Dakota Territory Territory, 1872,
1876,
1880
(alternate); Dakota
territory attorney general, 1883-85; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1896.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
24, 1907. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery. Hughes County,
S.Dak. is named for him.
- William Ignatius Nolan (1874-1943) — also known as
W. I. Nolan — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Minnesota, 1874.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1924;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1925-29; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1929-33; defeated,
1932; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1943. Died in 1943.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871) — of Dixon, Lee
County, Ill.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Smithfield, Providence
County, R.I., June 18,
1808. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1845-47; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856;
delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1859-63; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 5th District, 1865. Died in
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
5, 1871. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- William Henry Eustis (1845-1928) — also known as
William H. Eustis — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Oxbow, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 17,
1845. Republican. Mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1893-95; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1908.
Died November
29, 1928. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Dorilus Morrison (1814-1897) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
27, 1814. Banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1864-65; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1867-68, 1869-70. Died June 26,
1897. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Robert Pratt (1845-1908) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., December
12, 1845. Republican. Mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1895-99. Died August 8,
1908. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (1879-1942) — also known
as Franklin F. Ellsworth — of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn. Born in Minnesota, 1879.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1934. Died in 1942.
Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- John Grant Alexander (1893-1971) — also known as
John G. Alexander — of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Cortland
County, N.Y., July 16,
1893. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1939-41; defeated,
1940; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1942. Lutheran.
Member, Izaak
Walton League; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Optimist
Club. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
8, 1971. Interment at Lakewood Cemetery.
- Richard Pillsbury Gale (1900-1973) — also known as
Richard P. Gale — of Mound, Hennepin
County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis,