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Albert Joseph Adams (b. 1894) —
also known as Al J. Adams —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Minnesota, December
19, 1894.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
publisher; chair of
Roberts County Republican Party, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Adams and Rose (Cook) Adams; married 1917 to Grace
Marguerite Woodworth. |
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Charles Edward Adams (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles E. Adams; Charlie
Adams —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1867.
Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1915-36; died in office 1936; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1929-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1936 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Byron Gilchrist Allen (1901-1988) —
also known as Byron G. Allen; Barney Allen —
of Pocahontas, Pocahontas
County, Iowa; Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa, September
13, 1901.
Democrat. Farmer; newspaper
editor; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1927-32; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(speaker),
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Democratic-Farmer-Labor
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1944; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1946, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-55; Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1955-61; assistant U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, 1961-69.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn., June 10,
1988 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Interment at Summit Hill Cemetery, Pocahontas, Iowa.
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Albert Alonzo Ames (1842-1911) —
also known as Albert A. Ames;
"Doc" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; California.
Born in Garden Prairie, Boone
County, Ill., January
18, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1867; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1876-77, 1882-84, 1886-89, 1901-02;
resigned 1902; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1886 (Democratic), 1896 (Independent); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888;
indicted
in 1902 on bribery
charges,
over a scheme to induce county commissioners to appoint his
secretary, Thomas R. Brown, Jr., as Sheriff.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
16, 1911 (age 69 years, 302
days). His body was reportedly donated to
science.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Alfred Elisha Ames (1814-1874) —
also known as Alfred E. Ames —
of Winnebago
County, Ill.; St. Anthony Falls, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Colchester, Chittenden
County, Vt., December
13, 1814.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Illinois
state senate 24th District, 1849-50; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1853;
postmaster at Minneapolis,
Minn., 1856-57; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
23, 1874 (age 59 years, 284
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Andrew A. Anderson (1886-1966) —
also known as Andy A. Anderson —
of Luverne, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Rock
County, Minn., October
8, 1886.
Banker;
real
estate and insurance
business; farm
manager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1951-58; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 79 years, 357
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minn.
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Art B. Anderson (1891-1978) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Clarkfield, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn., May 15,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil jobber;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1941-46;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1947-48, 1951-70 (7th District 1947-48,
1951-66, 11th District 1967-70); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1957-58.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in January, 1978
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jennie E. Jackson. |
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Victor Emanuel Anderson (b. 1883) —
also known as Victor E. Anderson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn., May 27,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Traverse
County Attorney, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1937-48.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole Anderson and Mary Sophia (Johnson) Anderson; married, July 28,
1909, to Annie Marie Hass. |
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Albert Henry Angstman (1888-1964) —
also known as Albert H. Angstman —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born near Farmington, Dakota
County, Minn., March
23, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1929-34, 1937-42, 1945-61; defeated,
1934, 1942; retired 1961; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles;
Kiwanis.
Died in Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., February
29, 1964 (age 75 years, 343
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob H. Angstman and Emma (Trout) Angstman; married, September
16, 1919, to Mary Frances Chirgwin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Biographies and Histories
of Montana's Justices, Judges, and Courts (2020) |
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Julian Orlando Asbjornson (1911-1990) —
also known as J. O. Boots Asbjornson —
of Winifred, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Minneota, Lyon
County, Minn., January
18, 1911.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1960-74.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., August
6, 1990 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Winifred
Cemetery, Winifred, Mont.
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Roy Benjamin Aune (1900-1993) —
also known as Roy B. Aune —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in a log
cabin, near Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., April 9,
1900.
Superintendent
of schools; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1945-50.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks;
Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke,
in the Lake Region Nursing
Home, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., June 1,
1993 (age 93 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Tim Milford Babcock (1919-2015) —
also known as Tim M. Babcock —
of Glendive, Dawson
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Littlefork, Koochiching
County, Minn., October
27, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; organizer,
president, Babcock & Lee Petroleum
Transporters,
Inc.; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-60; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1961-62; Governor of
Montana, 1962-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1966; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1972,
2004,
2008,
2012.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Eagles;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., April 7,
2015 (age 95 years, 162
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Joseph Bahorski (b. 1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., March
10, 1882.
Republican. Bakery
business; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1923-28 (2nd District 1923-26, 3rd District
1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Civitan;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Gilbert Bainbridge (1885-1936) —
also known as Alexander Gale Bainbridge;
"Buzz" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1885.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; advertising
agent with Barnum & Bailey and other circuses;
manager of Shubert Theater
in Minneapolis, and of traveling
road shows; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from heart
disease, in Veterans Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
14, 1936 (age 50 years, 192
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Otto T. Bang Jr. (1931-2008) —
of Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Madelia, Watonwan
County, Minn., September
15, 1931.
Insurance
agent; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-72 (District 33 1963-66,
District 29-A 1967-72); member of Minnesota
state senate 39th District, 1973-82.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following an automobile
accident, from complications of a head injury, in Hennepin County
Medical
Center, Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
29, 2008 (age 77 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Burges Beals (b. 1876) —
also known as Walter B. Beals —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 21,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court judge in
Washington, 1926-28; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1928-36; appointed 1928.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Burrill Beals and Katharine (McMillan) Beals; married, July 14,
1904, to Othilla Gertrude Carroll. |
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Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, Norway,
August
7, 1856.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1913-15.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died of diabetes,
in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., March
26, 1930 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Frederick William Behmler (1895-1966) —
also known as Fred W. Behmler —
of Appleton, Swift
County, Minn.; Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Jordan, Scott
County, Minn., February
2, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
surgeon;
member of Minnesota
state senate 48th District, 1955-58; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, from a myocardial
infarction, in Abbott Northwestern Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
6, 1966 (age 71 years, 277
days).
Interment at Summit Cemetery, Morris, Minn.
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Robert Cook Bell (1880-1964) —
also known as Robert C. Bell —
of Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo., November
1, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1924;
candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1924; member of Minnesota
state senate 63rd District, 1931-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1933-61; took senior status 1961.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks.
Died March
17, 1964 (age 83 years, 137
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clifford J. Benson (1906-1992) —
also known as Cliff Benson —
of Ortonville, Big Stone
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., 1906.
Lawyer;
Big
Stone County Attorney, 1934-54; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1959-72 (48th District 1959-62, 24th District
1963-72).
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died November
18, 1992 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Austin Benson (1895-1985) —
also known as Elmer A. Benson —
of Appleton, Swift
County, Minn.
Born in Appleton, Swift
County, Minn., September
22, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated, 1940,
1942; Governor of
Minnesota, 1937-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
13, 1985 (age 89 years, 172
days).
Interment at Appleton
Cemetery, Appleton, Minn.
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Frederick Elliott Biermann (1884-1968) —
also known as Fred Biermann —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
20, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Agnostic.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., July 1,
1968 (age 84 years, 103
days). His body was
donated to the Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Albert W. Bigelow (b. 1864) —
of Andover, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., April
14, 1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Arley R. Bjella (1916-2001) —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., November
16, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960.
Lutheran.
Member, Theta
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 21,
2001 (age 84 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asle Bjella and Clara (Bagstad) Bjella; married 1948 to
Beverly Heen. |
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Henry Bordewich (1844-1912) —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born in Vaagan, Norway,
January
19, 1844.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Navy during
the Civil War; Yellow
Medicine County Auditor, 1874-88; candidate for Minnesota
state treasurer, 1884; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1897-1900; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1900-12, died in office 1912.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
March
19, 1912 (age 68 years, 60
days).
Interment at Olivia
Cemetery, Olivia, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of John P. Bordewich and Leonharde (Linkhausen) Bordewich; married 1869 to
Bergithe Severinson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles J. Buell (1865-1938) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., November
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota; Pennington
County State's Attorney, 1903-06; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1919-24;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died July 23,
1938 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gerhard J. Bundlie (1889-1966) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
26, 1889.
Lawyer;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1930-32.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
8, 1966 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole G. Bundlie and Gertrude (Brusegard) Bundlie; married, June 25,
1921, to Alice J. Davis. |
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Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) —
also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of
Pork" —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Munich, Cavalier
County, N.Dak., June 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1946; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in
office 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Bohemian
Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
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Usher Lloyd Burdick (1879-1960) —
also known as Usher L. Burdick —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
21, 1879.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1911-12; Williams
County State's Attorney, 1913; law partner of ex-Gov. John
Burke in 1920s; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1935-45, 1949-59;
defeated, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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George Burnham (1868-1939) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
December
28, 1868.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; retail shoe
business; real estate
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 28,
1939 (age 70 years, 182
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general
contractor; president, Polaris Concrete
Products Company; bank
director; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1951-64 (57th District 1951-62, 61st District
1963-64); died in office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
1, 1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Johnston B. Campbell (b. 1868) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., August
5, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1921-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Campbell and Lucinda (Fee) Campbell; married, September
13, 1893, to Martha Shearer. |
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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968) —
also known as A. S. J. Carnahan —
of Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo.
Born near Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo., January
9, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher
and principal; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61;
defeated, 1942, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Mayo
Clinic hospital, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
24, 1968 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,
Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married, June 27,
1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin thrice removed of Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; second cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum and Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Truman
Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Benjamin
Pulaski Chatfield and Glover
Wheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed of Asahel
Otis, Nathan
Summers Beardslee and Hobart
Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Chatfield, in Fillmore
and Olmsted
counties, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Theodore Christianson (1883-1948) —
of Dawson, Lac qui
Parle County, Minn.
Born in Lac qui
Parle County, Minn., September
12, 1883.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 24, 1915-24; Governor of
Minnesota, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1933-37 (at-large 1933-35, 5th
District 1935-37); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dawson, Lac qui
Parle County, Minn., December
9, 1948 (age 65 years, 88
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Charles Andrew Christopherson (1871-1951) —
also known as Charles A. Christopherson —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Amherst, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 23,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1913-16; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1919-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
2, 1951 (age 80 years, 102
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville (now Warrensville Heights), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 19, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March
25, 1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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David Marston Clough (1846-1924) —
also known as David M. Clough —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Lyme, Grafton
County, N.H., December
27, 1846.
Republican. Lumberman;
member of Minnesota
state senate 28th District, 1887-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1893-95; Governor of
Minnesota, 1895-99.
Congregationalist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 245
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Everett, Wash.
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Earl S. Coe (b. 1892) —
of Bingen, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
12, 1892.
Democrat. Fruit
grower;
lumberman;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1939-44; member of Washington
state senate 16th District, 1945-47; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1946; Washington
Democratic state chair, 1946-48; secretary
of state of Washington, 1947-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1948;
director of conservation, State of Washington, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Schuyler Colfax Jr. (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
23, 1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at South
Bend City Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Relatives: Son
of Schuyler Washington Colfax and Hannah (Stryker) Colfax; married 1844 to Evelyn
Clark; married, November
18, 1868, to Ellen
Maria Wade (niece of Benjamin
Franklin Wade and Edward
Wade; first cousin of Decius
Spear Wade); father of Schuyler
Colfax III. |
| | | Political family: Wade-Colfax
family of Andover and Jefferson, Ohio. |
| | | Colfax counties in Neb. and N.M. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Schuyler,
Nebraska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Schuyler Colfax: Willard H.
Smith, Schuyler
Colfax : The changing fortunes of a political idol —
James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler
Colfax — Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax and the political upheaval of 1854-1855 —
Willard H. Smith, Schuyler
Colfax: a reappraisal |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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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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Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) —
also known as Henry M. Daniel —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Danville,
Va., March
26, 1829.
Democrat. Sawmill and
grist
mill owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1873.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., December
16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
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John Edward Davis (1913-1990) —
also known as John E. Davis —
of McClusky, Sheridan
County, N.Dak.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April
18, 1913.
Republican. Rancher;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
mayor of McClusky, N.D., 1946-52; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1952-56; Governor of
North Dakota, 1957-61; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1960;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960, 1964 (primary); national
commander, American Legion, 1967-68.
Member, American
Legion; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 12,
1990 (age 77 years, 24
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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George William Dealand (b. 1850) —
also known as George W. Dealand —
of Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1850.
School
principal; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1915-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Gould Cooke Dietz (1868-1948) —
also known as Gould Dietz —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.
Born in Anamosa, Jones
County, Iowa, May 26,
1868.
Republican. Lumberman;
aviation
pioneer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Groveland (now part of Minnetonka), Hennepin
County, Minn., June 29,
1948 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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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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Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant;
farmer;
steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871 to Sarah
Savery. |
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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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Allen Frank Ferris (1865-1903) —
also known as Allen F. Ferris —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., July 22,
1865.
Republican. Banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1895-1902 (District 46 1895-98,
District 48 1899-1902); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1900;
member of Minnesota
state senate 48th District, 1903; died in office 1903.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Modern
Woodmen of America; Eagles;
Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, from appendicitis
and peritonitis,
in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., September
7, 1903 (age 38 years, 47
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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Jeremiah E. Finch (b. 1829) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario,
November
22, 1829.
Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1866-67.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Howard Flowers (b. 1865) —
also known as H. Howard Flowers —
of Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn., 1865.
School
teacher; postmaster;
merchant;
banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 27 1913-14,
District 17 1915-18).
Member, Freemasons; Modern
Woodmen.
Interment at Savidge Lake Cemetery, Cleveland, Minn.
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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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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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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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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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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April
29, 1812.
Democrat. Livery
business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851; postmaster;
delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines,
Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Herbert Funk Goodrich (1889-1962) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., July 29,
1889.
Democrat. Law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1940-62; died in
office 1962.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons.
Died June 25,
1962 (age 72 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich; married to
Edith Eastman and Natalie E. Murphy; married, September
23, 1940, to Mary Dern Baxter. |
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Robert Kingman Goodwin (1905-1983) —
also known as Robert K. Goodwin —
of Redfield, Dallas
County, Iowa.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, May 23,
1905.
Republican. Farmer; brick and clay
tile manufacturer; bank
director; mayor of Redfield, Iowa, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940-41; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from Iowa, 1952-56.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
21, 1983 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Resthaven
Cemetery, West Des Moines, Iowa.
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Paul A. Grassle (1896-1979) —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 5,
1896.
Hotel
business; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1939-47; candidate for Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1946.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary;
Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died two weeks later, in Rochester Methodist Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
10, 1979 (age 83 years, 158
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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Harry M. Greer (1888-1949) —
of Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., August
31, 1888.
Cafe
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1949; died in office
1949.
Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died a week later, in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 3,
1949 (age 60 years, 306
days).
Interment at Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Minn.
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Jeremiah Grinnell (1843-1892) —
also known as Jerry Grinnell —
of Kasson, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Lapeer
County, Mich., November
21, 1843.
Republican. Druggist; jeweler;
Dodge
County Auditor; member of Minnesota
state senate 13th District, 1891-92; died in office 1892.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Kasson, Dodge
County, Minn., January
24, 1892 (age 48 years, 64
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Newspaper
publisher; executive secretary to U.S. Rep. Richard
T. Buckler, 1935-42; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, 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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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. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Charles L. Halsted (1894-1968) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak., September
23, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1937-46, 1953-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Crow Wing
County, Minn., February
19, 1968 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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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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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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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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Lyle W. Hanks (1930-2012) —
of St. Louis Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn., August
28, 1930.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; mayor
of St. Louis Park, Minn., 1982-96.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla., November
2, 2012 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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Mike Holm (1876-1952) —
of Roseau, Roseau
County, Minn.
Born in Ringvattnet, Alanas Socken Jamtland, Sweden,
June
17, 1876.
Republican. Probate judge in Minnesota, 1900; secretary
of state of Minnesota, 1921-52; died in office 1952.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 6,
1952 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Roseville, Minn.
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Nathaniel John Holmberg (1878-1951) —
also known as N. J. Holmberg —
of Renville, Renville
County, Minn.
Born near Renville, Renville
County, Minn., July 24,
1878.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22, 1907-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1934 (Republican), 1936 (Independent);
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1941-47.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, right after having given a speech
about city parks, in the City
Council Chambers, City
Hall, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 13,
1951 (age 72 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Red Wing, Minn.
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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.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Federation of Teachers.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died, of cancer,
at Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue at Minneapolis City Hall Grounds, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Samuel Gilbert Iverson (b. 1859) —
also known as Samuel G. Iverson —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., April
21, 1859.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1887-88; Minnesota
state auditor, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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Lowell E. Jepson (b. 1863) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Rice
County, Minn., October
19, 1863.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state senate 44th District, 1899-1906; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1916,
1924,
1928,
1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
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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George W. Johnson (1894-1974) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
22, 1894.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1925-36; insurance
business; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1945-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in a hospital
at Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 20,
1974 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
20, 1912.
Mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Sons
of Norway; Moose.
Died, in Arrowhead Health
Care Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
22, 2000 (age 87 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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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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Walter Henry Judd (1898-1994) —
also known as Walter H. Judd —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Rising City, Butler
County, Neb., September
25, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1943-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate; speaker),
1956
(speaker),
1960,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died in Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md., February
13, 1994 (age 95 years, 141
days).
Interment at Blue
Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
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John Karel (1851-1914) —
Born in Bohemia (now part of Czechia),
March
26, 1851.
U.S. Consul General in St. Petersburg, as of 1897.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
23, 1914 (age 63 years, 150
days).
Interment at Riverview Public Cemetery, Kewaunee, Wis.
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Paul Keith (b. 1885) —
of Chatfield, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Traer, Tama
County, Iowa, April
23, 1885.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Clark Keith and Betsy (Jackson) Keith; married, December
1, 1920, to Lois Onstine. |
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Ray G. Kern (b. 1883) —
of Lake Elmo, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Minn., September
12, 1883.
Boot and
shoe salesman; banker;
director, Washington County Telephone
Co. and Lake Elmo Telephone
Co.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 43, 1927-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Bankers Association; Rotary;
Elks;
Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob A. Kiester (b. 1832) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 20, 1865; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1891-94.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin Lewis Kline (1903-1974) —
also known as Marvin L. Kline —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Brunswick, Antelope
County, Neb., August
9, 1903.
Republican. Architectural
engineer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1940;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1941-45; convicted
in 1964 of grand larceny for illegally boosting
his salary as director of a rehabilitation institute, and for diverting
fundraising proceeds; sentenced
to 10 years in prison;
released after three years.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Moose;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Ventura, Ventura
County, Calif., April 9,
1974 (age 70 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cuming City Cemetery, Blair, Neb.
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for the
Labor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural road
near Arlington National Cemetery, were arrested
by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a
$100 bribe,
but was charged,
apparently with sodomy
(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it
was a "grave moral offense"), and jailed
overnight; tried
before a jury, and found not guilty.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn., August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North
Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.
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Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913-1976) —
also known as Odin Langen —
of Kennedy, Kittson
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
5, 1913.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1959-71 (9th District 1959-63, 7th
District 1963-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964,
1968.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died July 6,
1976 (age 63 years, 183
days).
Interment at Red
River Cemetery, Red River, Minn.
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Oscar John Larson (1871-1957) —
also known as Oscar J. Larson —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Uleaborg (now Oulu), Finland,
May
20, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Elks.
Died August
1, 1957 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Thomas Erwin Latimer (1879-1937) —
also known as Thomas E. Latimer —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hilliard, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 6,
1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1935-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died November
6, 1937 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Miles Welton Lord (b. 1919) —
also known as Miles Lord —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pine Knoll, Aitkin
County, Minn., November
6, 1919.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1950; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1955-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1960;
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1961-66; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1966-.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Kendall Lord and Rachel Ann (Terry) Lord; married, August
26, 1940, to Maxine Fay Zontelli. |
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., August
4, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta
Sigma Rho; United
Spanish War Veterans.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash
of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wilhelm Christian Magelssen (1873-1919) —
also known as William C. Magelssen —
of Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
19, 1873.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Beirut, 1899-1905; in Beirut, in August 1903, he was shot
at but not injured; press reports incorrectly reported that he
was dead; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1906-09; Colombo, 1909-11; Melbourne, 1911-17.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, on board the steamship
Sonoma, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
17, 1919 (age 45 years, 363
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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John Aaron Matthews (b. 1876) —
also known as John A. Matthews —
of Townsend, Broadwater
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
1, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Broadwater
County Attorney, 1903-13; district judge in Montana 4th District,
1913-16; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-37; appointed 1919.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus LeGrand Matthews and Katheryn (Pryse) Matthews; married,
November
8, 1899, to Mabel Rollins. |
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John Henry McKee (b. 1909) —
also known as John H. McKee —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Born in Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn., November
10, 1909.
School
teacher; funeral
director; motel
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 62, 1951-54; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1955-66 (62nd District 1955-62, 64th District
1963-66).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Rotary;
Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James H. McNiven (b. 1878) —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Wentworth County, Ontario,
December
10, 1878.
School
teacher; real estate
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1917-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Stephen Miller (1816-1881) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., January
17, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1860,
1860;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1864-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 38, 1873.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1862, he was in command of Camp Lincoln, in Mankato, Minnesota,
which held 303 Sioux Indians convicted and condemned to death for war
crimes, and repeatedly protected them from being lynched by angry
frontiersmen. President Abraham
Lincoln granted clemency, remitting death sentences for 265. The
remaining 38 prisoners were hanged on December 26, 1862, the largest
mass execution in U.S. history.
Died in Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn., August
18, 1881 (age 65 years, 213
days).
Interment at Worthington
Cemetery, Worthington, Minn.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate District 10, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried
and acquitted.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Ancher Nelsen (1904-1992) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Renville
County, Minn., October
11, 1904.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 22nd District, 1935-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1953-54; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1956; Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1958; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1959-75.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn., November
30, 1992 (age 88 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Adolphus Peter Nelson (1872-1927) —
also known as Adolphus P. Nelson —
of Grantsburg, Burnett
County, Wis.
Born near Holmes City, Douglas
County, Minn., March
28, 1872.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 11th District, 1918-23.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grantsburg, Burnett
County, Wis., August
21, 1927 (age 55 years, 146
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Grantsburg, Wis.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Martin A. Nelson (b. 1889) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Hesper, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, February
21, 1889.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1930; vice-chair of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1932; Republican candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1934, 1936; Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942; district judge in Minnesota 10th
District, 1944-53; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1953.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew A. Nelson and Bertha (Jacobson) Nelson; married 1920 to Merle
Henifin. |
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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.
Republican. Lawyer; 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 (age 60 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Richard W. O'Dea (1916-1998) —
also known as Dick O'Dea —
of Willernie, Washington
County, Minn.; Mahtomedi, Washington
County, Minn.
Born July 7,
1916.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1953-72 (District 43 1953-62,
District 50 1963-66, District 8 1967-72).
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died, from cancer,
January
10, 1998 (age 81 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Winfield Emerson Page (1904-1994) —
also known as Winfield E. Page —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., May 23,
1904.
Republican. Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1940 (primary), 1954;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1943-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 11,
1994 (age 90 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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August Carl Polster (1885-1942) —
also known as August Polster —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., September
24, 1885.
Railway
freight clerk; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Member, Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
1, 1942 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Polster and Anna (Rubritins) Polster. |
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Alvin E. Richards (b. 1886) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Soudan, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1886.
Republican. Mining
superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1947-54;
defeated, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Rines —
of Mora, Kanabec
County, Minn.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1907-14, 1943-45; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1913; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
Minnesota
state treasurer, 1917-25.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mora, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons; Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre and Jacob Pederson Sathre; married, April
14, 1912, to Mina Hilstad. |
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Robert Chancellor Saunders Jr. (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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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.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 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 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
25, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842; member of Maine
state senate, 1845; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1852; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
29, 1868 (age 60 years, 64
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Henrik Shipstead (1881-1960) —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.; Miltona, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., January
8, 1881.
Dentist;
mayor of Glenwood, Minn., 1911-13; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 47, 1917-18; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1918; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 170
days).
Interment at Kinkead
Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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Vespasian Smith (1818-1897) —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Bayfield, Bayfield
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, October
21, 1818.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1873-74; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1876-81.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
11, 1897 (age 78 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1846 to
Charlotte E. Neely. |
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Claude E. Southwick (b. 1873) —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., 1873.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 12 1913-14,
District 7 1915-18).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Roy D. Srp —
of Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn.
Mechanical operations manager, Canadian Pacific Railroad;
mayor
of Waseca, Minn., 2005-.
Member, Freemasons; Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
City of Waseca |
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S. Mutual Security
Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons; Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Wash.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879) —
of Ohio; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., December
2, 1793.
Republican. Member of Ohio state legislature, 1840; Minnesota
territorial auditor, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1856; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1859-60; postmaster
at Stillwater,
Minn., 1861-65.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., January
24, 1879 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) —
also known as Fred D. Vibert —
of Cloquet, Carlton
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Gaspé, Quebec,
November
14, 1873.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
mayor
of Cloquet, Minn., 1900; postmaster at Cloquet,
Minn., 1911; member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent,
Minnesota Power and
Light.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
25, 1954 (age 80 years, 131
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Stanley Washburn (1878-1950) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in 1950
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Mason Wheeler (1854-1930) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in 1854.
Physician;
mayor
of Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1917-18.
Member, Freemasons.
He helped stop a bank robbery by the Jesse James gang, in Northfield,
Minnesota, September 7, 1876. He owned the first
automobile in Grand Forks.
Died April
13, 1930 (age about 75
years).
Interment somewhere
in Northfield, Minn.
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James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) —
also known as J. Russell Wiggins —
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., December
4, 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1968-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper,
1947-66.
Died in Brooklin, Hancock
County, Maine, November
19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
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Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) —
also known as Ashbel P. Willard —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1853-57; Governor of
Indiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
4, 1860 (age 39 years, 339
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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