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Clarence A. Dahle (1894-1949) —
also known as "Whiff" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., January
22, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1933-36; member of
Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1937-49; died in office 1949.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
During a fishing
trip, he drowned
while swimming
off an island in Lake Kabetogama, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 26,
1949 (age 55 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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John V. Daniels (1809-1881) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Schoharie
County, N.Y., September
5, 1809.
Lawyer; postmaster at Rochester,
Minn., 1858-59; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1862-68, 1876-77 (12th District 1862-68, 10th
District 1876-77); mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1865-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 10, 1875, 1881; died in
office 1881.
Baptist.
Died September
24, 1881 (age 72 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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John E. Daubney (1919-2003) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 12,
1919.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1952-54.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
6, 2003 (age 84 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Davies (b. 1867) —
of Lewisville, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Watonwan
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-12, 1917-18 (District 13
1909-12, District 9 1917-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles R. Davis —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsfield, Pike
County, Ill., September
17, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; Nicollet
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 17, 1889; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1903-25.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 29,
1930 (age 80 years, 315
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Near St. Peter, Le Sueur County, Minn.
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Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900) —
also known as Cushman K. Davis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., June 16,
1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1867; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1868-73; Governor of
Minnesota, 1874-76; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1887-1900; died in office 1900; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900.
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American
War, and gave Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1900 (age 62 years, 164
days).
Originally entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.; later interred in 1901 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas Davis (b. 1877) —
also known as Tom Davis —
of Marshall, Lyon
County, Minn.
Born in Judson, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Marshall
County Attorney, 1903; newspaper
publisher; mayor of Marshall, Minn., 1910-13; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward K. Delaney (1909-1973) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
21, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1942; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948
(alternate), 1956;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1948-52.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., October
2, 1973 (age 64 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Denis Denegre (born c.1869) —
also known as James D. Denegre —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1869.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-26 (36th District 1911-14, 40th District
1915-26).
Burial location unknown.
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John Patrick Devaney (b. 1883) —
also known as John P. Devaney —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa, June 30,
1883.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1933-36.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Phi
Gamma Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Devaney and Ellen (La Velle) Devaney; married, February
20, 1919, to Beatrice Langevin. |
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Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) —
also known as Edward J. Devitt —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 5,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1935-39;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; probate judge in Minnesota, 1950-54; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1954-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Rho; Blue
Key; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 2,
1992 (age 80 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer B. Dibell (b. 1864) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., 1864.
Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 11th District, 1899-1913;
Minnesota Supreme Court Commissioner, 1913.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901) —
also known as Ignatius L. Donnelly —
of Nininger, Dakota
County, Minn.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
3, 1831.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1860-63; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1863-69; defeated,
1868, 1870; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1874-78, 1891-94 (20th District 1874-78, 24th
District 1891-94); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1897-98 (District 25
1887-88, District 24 1897-98); People's candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1892; People's candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1900.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
1, 1901 (age 69 years, 59
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles William Dorsett (1850-1936) —
also known as Charles W. Dorsett —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sinclairville, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., September
28, 1850.
Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904, 1906, 1916 (primary).
Swedenborgian.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
26, 1936 (age 85 years, 180
days).
Interment somewhere
in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wallace Barton Douglas (1854-1930) —
also known as Wallace B. Douglas; W. B.
Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Leyden, Lewis
County, N.Y., September
21, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1895-98; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1899-1904; resigned 1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1904-05; appointed 1904.
Died in 1930
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
law
professor; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher — William
A. Norris |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Stanley Morton Doyle (b. 1898) —
of Polson, Lake
County, Mont.
Born in Revere, Redwood
County, Minn., February
4, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Patrick Doyle and Elizabeth A. (Bodenhofer) Doyle;
married, August
15, 1945, to Aileen Davison. |
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Lewis L. Drill (b. 1877) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browerville, Todd
County, Minn., May 9,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1928-33.
Protestant.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Warren Drill and Saphrona Ellen (Sheets)
Drill. |
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William J. Duffy (b. 1916) —
of near Greenleaf, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn., October
29, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Brown County 2nd District, 1949-50; defeated,
1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert R. Dunlap —
of Plainview, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 3rd District, 1953-66.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Winslow W. Dunn (born c.1863) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, about 1863.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1897-1902 (District 25 1897-98,
District 33 1899-1902); member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-18 (33rd District 1903-14, 41st District
1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) —
also known as Mark H. Dunnell —
of Norway, Oxford
County, Maine; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Buxton, York
County, Maine, July 2,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1854; member of Maine
state senate, 1855; Maine
superintendent of common schools, 1855-59; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S. Consul in Veracruz, 1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1867; Minnesota
superintendent of public instruction, 1867-70; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1871-83, 1889-91;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1892.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., August
9, 1904 (age 81 years, 38
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis A. Duxbury (born c.1863) —
of Caledonia, Houston
County, Minn.
Born in Harmony, Fillmore
County, Minn., about 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1911-18; defeated, 1918; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Dwinnell —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Wisconsin.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 40, 1899-1900; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1911-18 (40th District 1911-14, 30th District
1915-18).
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O. Eberhart;
Olaf Adolf Olsson —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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Norman Eddy (1810-1872) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Scipio, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
10, 1810.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer; candidate for Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1849-52; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1853-55; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1855-57; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1871-72.
Episcopalian.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., January
28, 1872 (age 61 years, 49
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Clement Stanislaus Edwards (b. 1869) —
also known as Clement S. Edwards —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1869.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1911-17; Santo Domingo, 1917-19; Paris, 1919-20; Frankfort, 1920; Hamburg, 1920; Kovno, 1921-24; Valencia, 1924-30; Bradford, 1930-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Burke Elliott (b. 1861) —
also known as Charles B. Elliott —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgan
County, Ohio, January
6, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1890-93; district judge
in Minnesota 4th District, 1893-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1905-09; appointed 1905; resigned
1909; justice of
Phillipine Islands supreme court, 1909-10.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Elliott and Angeline Elliott; married, May 13,
1884, to Edith Winslow. |
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Keith Maurice Ellison (b. 1963) —
also known as Keith Ellison —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
4, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58-B, 2003-06; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 2007-.
Muslim.
African
ancestry.
First
Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress; first
African-American elected to the U.S. House from Minnesota.
Still living as of 2016.
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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (1879-1942) —
also known as Franklin F. Ellsworth —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., July 10,
1879.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1905-08; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1934.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
23, 1942 (age 63 years, 166
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Richard M. Erdall (b. 1933) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
13, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1973.
Still living as of 1998.
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Chris L. Erickson (b. 1897) —
of Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn.
Born near Barnesville, Clay
County, Minn., December
28, 1897.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 9th District, 1951-62.
Burial location unknown.
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David J. Erickson (b. 1887) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Warren
County, Pa., December
3, 1887.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1917-20.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Fallon (1893-1981) —
also known as William H. Fallon —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Waconia, Carver
County, Minn., December
19, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1938-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Delta
Theta Pi; Knights
of Columbus; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., July 8,
1981 (age 87 years, 201
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank S. Farrell Sr. (c.1921-2000) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Minnesota, about 1921.
Lawyer; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1956.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Plaintiff in a lawsuit over disparities in legislative district
populations (Minnesota had not changed its state senate districts
since 1913), which led to the U.S. Supreme Court's "One Man, One
Vote" decisions starting in 1962.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, near Hayward, Sawyer
County, Wis., July 31,
2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Mendota, Minn.
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Daniel S. Feidt —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 34, 1937-38; member of
Minnesota
state senate 34th District, 1939-62.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; newspaper
publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77, 1879; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish; married, August
21, 1873, to Elizabeth Meigs Porter. |
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Patrick Fitzpatrick (1850-1908) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., March
17, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Winona
County Attorney, 1882-92; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1899-1908; died in office 1908.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
31, 1908 (age 58 years, 167
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Gary W. Flakne (1934-2016) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
12, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-73 (District 35 1963-72,
District 61-A 1973); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Minnesota, January
3, 2016 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Charles Eugene Flandrau (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles E. Flandrau —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; member
Minnesota territorial council 10th District, 1856; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 10th District, 1857;
justice
of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1858-64; resigned 1864; candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1867.
Died September
9, 1903 (age 75 years, 56
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Frank Earl Flynn (1883-1965) —
also known as Frank E. Flynn —
of Forsyth, Rosebud
County, Mont.; White Salmon, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Aberdeen, Brown
County, S.Dak.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., June 24,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Yavapai
County Attorney, 1931-32; U.S.
Attorney for Arizona, 1935-53.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died in September, 1965
(age 82
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Flynn and Joan (Fitzgerald) Flynn; married, November
26, 1920, to Laura Maxwell. |
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John Robert Foley (1917-2001) —
also known as John R. Foley —
of Maryland.
Born in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., October
16, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1954-58; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1959-61; defeated,
1960, 1962.
Catholic.
Sponsored legislation to authorize the interstate compact to build
the Metrorail
transit system in the Washington, D.C. area.
Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Kensington, Montgomery
County, Md., November
11, 2001 (age 84 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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LeRoy Albert Foot (b. 1882) —
also known as L. A. Foot —
of Kalispell, Flathead
County, Mont.; Fort Peck, Valley
County, Mont.
Born in Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn., September
9, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Montana
state attorney general, 1924-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Loren S. Foot and Sadie M. (Trace) Foot; married, September
1, 1910, to Clara P. Pitts. |
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager,
Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank;
chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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Manley Lewis Fosseen (1869-1947) —
also known as Manley L. Fosseen —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Illinois, December, 1869.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1903-06; member of
Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1907-14; municipal judge in
Minnesota, 1930.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., August
9, 1947 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March
26, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Sigma
Pi Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Donald MacKay Fraser (1924-2019) —
also known as Donald M. Fraser; Don Fraser —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1955-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960
(delegation secretary), 1964,
1968,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1963-79; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1980-93.
Member, United
World Federalists; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 2,
2019 (age 95 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
Democrat. 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,
1964;
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, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Sons of
Norway; Purple
Heart; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Charles Eugene Fuller (1849-1926) —
also known as Charles E. Fuller —
of Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill.
Born near Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., March
31, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Boone
County State's Attorney, 1876-78; member of Illinois
state senate, 1878-82, 1888-93; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1882-88; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1896
(alternate); circuit judge in Illinois 17th Circuit, 1897-1903; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1903-13, 1915-26;
died in office 1926.
Died, in a hospital
at Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 25,
1926 (age 77 years, 86
days).
Interment at Belvidere
Cemetery, Belvidere, Ill.
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Jerome Fuller (1808-1880) —
of Brockport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., 1808.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Monroe County, 1843; member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1848-49; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1851-52.
Died September
2, 1880 (age about 72
years).
Interment at Old
Brockport Cemetery, Brockport, N.Y.
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Allen John Furlow (1890-1954) —
also known as Allen J. Furlow —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
9, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1923-25; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion.
Died January
29, 1954 (age 63 years, 81
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Fred Kelton Gage (1902-1951) —
also known as Fred K. Gage —
of Fairfax, Renville
County, Minn.; Hector, Renville
County, Minn.
Born in Cottage Grove, Washington
County, Minn., December
9, 1902.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 23rd District, 1939-46; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed in a head-on
car crash on Highway 169, near Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
21, 1951 (age 48 years, 316
days). His wife was badly injured, and died three days later.
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Kelton F. Gage (b. 1925) —
also known as Kelly Gage —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 20,
1925.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1967-72.
Methodist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank T. Gallagher (b. 1887) —
of Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn.
Born in Wilton Township, Waseca
County, Minn., July 13,
1887.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1947-.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas F. Gallagher (b. 1897) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., November
24, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1936; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1940;
justice
of Minnesota state supreme court, 1943-47.
Member, Alpha
Sigma Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick James Gallagher and Helena (McCall) Gallagher; married, August
19, 1931, to Elizabeth Jane Gillum. |
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; co-founder, along with his father and brother, of
Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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Charles Gardner —
of Westervelt (now Frontenac), Goodhue
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1856; Speaker
of Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, 1856.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Gardner (b. 1882) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., August, 1882.
Court
reporter; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 53rd District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James S. Gardner and Sarah A. Gardner. |
| | | See also Minnesota
Legislator record |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Richard Nelson Gardner (1881-1953) —
also known as Richard N. Gardner; Dick
Gardner —
of Staples, Todd
County, Minn.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., 1881.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 51st District, 1931-43; resigned 1943.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Royal
League; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
4, 1953 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Mark H. Gehan (1892-1967) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1892.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1923-28; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1934-38.
Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 23,
1967 (age 75 years, 115
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Oluf Gjerset (b. 1858) —
of Montevideo, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1858.
Lawyer; Chippewa
County Attorney, 1897-1903; mayor of Montevideo, Minn., 1913;
member of Minnesota
state senate 24th District, 1915-22.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Leo J. Gleason (b. 1891) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Delano, Wright
County, Minn., March
22, 1891.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 28, 1917-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Goodrich (1807-1887) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sempronius town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-51; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1860.
Died June 2,
1887 (age 79 years, 331
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Genesee County, Mich.
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Daniel F. Goodrich (c.1838-1889) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Maine, about 1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Minnesota
state senate, 1878, 1883-89 (6th District 1878, 5th District
1883-89); died in office 1889.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., September
4, 1889 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth, Minn.
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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (1873-1933) —
also known as Godfrey G. Goodwin —
of Cambridge, Isanti
County, Minn.
Born in Nicollet
County, Minn., January
11, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Isanti
County Attorney, 1899-1907, 1912-25; 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 (age 60 years, 36
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Willis Arnold Gorman (1816-1876) —
also known as Willis A. Gorman —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., January
12, 1816.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1841-44; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1849-53; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1853-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Catholic.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 20,
1876 (age 60 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Henry N. Graven (b. 1893) —
of Greene, Butler
County, Iowa.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., June 1,
1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; district
judge in Iowa, 1937-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa, 1944-.
Lutheran.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Fay Greene (1859-1915) —
also known as Henry F. Greene —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., May 30,
1859.
Lawyer; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1903-07.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
20, 1915 (age 56 years, 204
days).
Interment somewhere
in Washington, D.C.
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Bjarne Elgar Grottum (1893-1987) —
also known as B. E. 'Barney' Grottum —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
9, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1944;
member of Minnesota
state senate 10th District, 1947-54.
Died in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
4, 1987 (age 94 years, 56
days).
Interment somewhere
in Jackson, Minn.
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Charles P. Hall (b. 1876) —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., September
22, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 1st District,
1929-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Osee M. Hall and Elizabeth (Magee) Hall; married, July 28,
1928, to Olive Dibble. |
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Osee Matson Hall (1847-1914) —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, September
10, 1847.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 22nd District, 1885-86; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1891-95.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
26, 1914 (age 67 years, 77
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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Philo Hall (1865-1938) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wilton, Waseca
County, Minn., December
31, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Brookings, S.Dak., 1894-95; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1895-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 20th District, 1901-02; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1903-07; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-09; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Dakota.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., October
7, 1938 (age 72 years, 280
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Oscar Hallam (b. 1865) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Linden town, Iowa
County, Wis., October
19, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Minnesota 2nd District,
1905-13; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1928.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hallam and Mary (Wood) Hallam; married, July 27,
1892, to Edith L. Lott. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson; married to
Nina C. Knudson. |
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O. E. Hammer (b. 1867) —
of Stewartville, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; land
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 4, 1917-20; candidate
for Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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John Hammill (1875-1936) —
of Britt, Hancock
County, Iowa.
Born in Linden, Iowa
County, Wis., October
14, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1921-25; Governor of
Iowa, 1925-31; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1930; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Interment somewhere
in Britt, Iowa.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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Hugo O. Hanft (b. 1871) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., December
16, 1871.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1906-14; district judge in
Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-32.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar E. Hanft and Anna (Engelke) Hanft; married, June 16,
1900, to Laura H. Holly. |
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Rudolph William Hanson —
also known as Rudolph Hanson; Rudy Hanson —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1955-70 (6th District 1955-62, 9th District
1963-70).
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald M. Hayes (1825-1868) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1859-60; member of Minnesota
state senate 7th District, 1861; postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1865-68.
Died October
31, 1868 (age about 43
years).
Interment at St. Lukes Cemetery, Hastings, Minn.
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Oren Tracy Hayes (1827-1894) —
also known as Oren T. Hayes —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Democrat. Merchant;
justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; postmaster at Hastings,
Minn., 1855-56; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 7, 1863.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., March
24, 1894 (age 66 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James C. Haynes (1848-1913) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Baldwinsville, Onondaga
County, N.Y., September
22, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1903-05, 1907-13.
Died April
15, 1913 (age 64 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Douglas Michael Head (b. 1930) —
also known as Douglas M. Head; Doug Head —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April
14, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-64 (District 30 1961-62,
District 38 1963-64); alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968,
1972;
Minnesota
state attorney general, 1967-71; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1970.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 1972.
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David Heaton (1823-1870) —
of Middletown, Butler
County, Ohio; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, March
10, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Middletown,
Ohio, 1849-52; member of Ohio
state senate, 1855; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1859-63 (23rd District 1859-60, 4th District
1861-63); delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1868-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 25,
1870 (age 47 years, 107
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. |
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer; county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Clifford Loyd Hilton (b. 1866) —
also known as Clifford L. Hilton —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Kenyon, Goodhue
County, Minn., 1866.
Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1918-27; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court; elected 1934.
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Moll. |
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Henry Hinds (1826-1903) —
of Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in New York, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1878; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1879-82.
Died in 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Henry Hoar (1885-1947) —
also known as Herbert H. Hoar —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Wayne
County, Pa., October
17, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1940.
English
ancestry.
Died in San Diego
County, Calif., January
6, 1947 (age 61 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Reed Hoar and Frances Ann 'Fanny' (Avery)
Hoar. |
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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 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Andrew Holt (b. 1855) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Union, Carver
County, Minn., May 20,
1855.
Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1894-1904; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1912-17; appointed 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank Eugene Hook (1893-1982) —
also known as Frank E. Hook; "Fightin'
Frank" —
of Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in L'Anse, Baraga
County, Mich., May 26,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; miner;
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; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 32nd Circuit, 1957; president of radio
station WJMS, Ironwood, Mich.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Disabled
American Veterans; Americans
for Democratic Action.
In February 1945, he was involved in a fist fight on the floor of the
House of Representatives with John
E. Rankin of Mississippi.
Died in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 21,
1982 (age 89 years, 26
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Frank Hopkins (1877-1959) —
of Fairfax, Renville
County, Minn.
Born in Cairo Township, Renville
County, Minn., November
7, 1877.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22, 1911-14; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1930.
Died July 22,
1959 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Interment at Fort Ridgely Cemetery, Nicollet County, Minn.
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John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) —
also known as John H. Hougen —
of Fisher, Polk
County, Minn.; Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., July 14,
1978 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Asher Howard (b. 1877) —
of Minnesota.
Born near Webster City, Hamilton
County, Iowa, 1877.
Grain
business; lawyer; Kanabec
County Attorney, 1907-10; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 34, 1917-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph P. Howe (b. 1827) —
of Granger, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 15,
1827.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Hughes (1846-1907) —
of Elk Point, Union
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Brantford, Ontario,
September
30, 1846.
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, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
24, 1907 (age 61 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey III (b. 1942) —
also known as Skip Humphrey —
of New Hope, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born June 26,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 44th District, 1973-82; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1983-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1996
(delegation chair); Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1988; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 1998.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Optimist
Club; Alpha
Sigma Phi; American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 2003.
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Elisha Mills Huntington (1806-1862) —
also known as Elisha M. Huntington —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., March
26, 1806.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-36; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1837-41; delegate to Whig National Convention from Indiana,
1839 (Convention Vice-President); Commissioner of the General Land
Office, 1841-42; U.S.
District Judge for Indiana, 1842-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1860.
Catholic.
Died of a lung
ailment, in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
26, 1862 (age 56 years, 214
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Huntington (1763-1815) and Mary (Corning) Huntington;
brother of Nathaniel
Huntington (1793-1828) and James
Huntington; married, November
3, 1841, to Susan Mary Rudd; grandnephew of Samuel
Huntington; great-grandfather of Helen
Huntington Hull; first cousin once removed of Samuel
H. Huntington; first cousin twice removed of William
Barret Ridgely; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; second cousin once removed of Collins
Dwight Huntington and George
Milo Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, Joshua
Coit, James
Davenport, Abel
Huntington and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed of Samuel
Adams; fourth cousin of William
Woodbridge, Zina
Hyde Jr., Jabez
Williams Huntington, Isaac
Backus, Theodore
Davenport, Charles
Phelps Huntington and Henry
Titus Backus; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph
Allen, Chauncey
Goodrich, Elizur
Goodrich, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Nicholls Smallwood, Peter
Buell Porter, John
Hall Brockway, Robert
Coit Jr., Thomas
Worcester Hyde, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Abial
Lathrop, Roger
Wolcott and William
Clark Huntington. |
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family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-1967) —
also known as Michael L. Igoe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
16, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1913-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1935; resigned 1935; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1935-38;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939-65.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1967 (age 82 years, 127
days).
Interment at All
Saints Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.
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Gideon Sprague Ives (1846-1927) —
also known as Gideon S. Ives; Gid S. Ives —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Dickinson, Franklin
County, N.Y., January
19, 1846.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor
of St. Peter, Minn., 1885; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1887-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1891-93.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Odd
Fellows.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
20, 1927 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Joseph Ansgar Jackson (b. 1868) —
also known as Joseph A. Jackson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Carver, Carver
County, Minn., 1868.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 33, 1899-1902; member of
Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1915-26.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Perry Jaques (1857-1937) —
also known as Alfred Jaques —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Geneseo Township, Henry
County, Ill., February
9, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1887-89;
candidate for district judge in Minnesota 11th District, 1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1914-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1926.
Unitarian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 2,
1937 (age 80 years, 143
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Albert W. Johnson —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Goodhue
County, Minn.
Lawyer; Goodhue
County Attorney, 1897-1906; district judge in Minnesota 1st
District, 1909-17.
Burial location unknown.
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C. A. Johnson (1893-1977) —
also known as Gus Johnson; "Little
Gus" —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
teacher; lawyer; Blue
Earth County Attorney, 1930-38; candidate for Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1946, 1950; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-72 (District 11 1963-66,
District 11-A 1967-72).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died May 3,
1977 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Hull Johnson (1808-1896) —
also known as Harvey H. Johnson —
of Akron, Summit
County, Ohio; Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio; Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in West Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., September
7, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Akron,
Ohio, 1837-45; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 14th District, 1853-55; president,
Winona & St. Peter Railroad;
mayor
of Owatonna, Minn., 1867-70.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
4, 1896 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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Henry A. Johnson (b. 1894) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., 1894.
School
principal; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1927-32.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeff Johnson (b. 1966) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn., November
11, 1966.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2001-06 (District 34-B 2001-02,
District 43-A 2003-06); candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 2006; member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 2012; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 2012.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis P. Johnson —
of Ivanhoe, Lincoln
County, Minn.
Born near Marshalltown, Marshall
County, Iowa.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1908;
Lincoln
County Attorney, 1910-18; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1923-30; defeated, 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Rollin George Johnson (1893-1986) —
also known as Rollin G. Johnson —
of Forest Lake, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Forest Lake, Washington
County, Minn., November
11, 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 43, 1925-30, 1935-42;
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1943; candidate for justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1946.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., December
31, 1986 (age 93 years, 50
days).
Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Wyoming, Minn.
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Verne C. Johnson (1925-2012) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., July 20,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1952;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1953-54.
Died November
2, 2012 (age 87 years, 105
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William R. Johnson (b. 1930) —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Minnesota, 1930.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1963-65; member of New
Hampshire state senate, 1965-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1966; superior court judge in New
Hampshire, 1969-85; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1985-99; appointed 1985.
Still living as of 2000.
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Richard Jones (b. 1887) —
of Kempton, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Brisbin, Clearfield
County, Pa., August
14, 1887.
Telegraph
operator; secretary
and president,
Duluth Federated Trades Assembly; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 58th District, 1915-18.
Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Timothy W. Jones (b. 1971) —
also known as Tim Jones —
of Eureka, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 25,
1971.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 2007-14 (89th District 2007-12,
110th District 2013-14); Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 2012-14; in 2009,
was a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by Orly
Taitz, alleging Barack
Obama was not a "natural born citizen"; the case was dismissed;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2012,
2016
(alternate); radio show
host.
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2016.
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William Carey Jones (1855-1927) —
also known as William C. Jones —
of Madelia, Watonwan
County, Minn.; Cheney, Spokane
County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Remsen, Oneida
County, N.Y., April 5,
1855.
Lawyer; prosecuting attorney, 12th District, 1886-89; Washington
state attorney general, 1889-97; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1897-99; defeated
(People's), 1898.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., June 14,
1927 (age 72 years, 70
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Spokane County, Wash.
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