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Winneshiek County
Iowa

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Winneshiek County

Index to Locations Decorah Unknown location Decorah Decorah Lutheran Cemetery Decorah Phelps Cemetery Unknown Location Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Politicians buried here: Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus (1883-1961) — also known as Jacob A. O. Preus — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Columbia County, Wis., August 28, 1883. Republican. Clerk to U.S. Sen. Knute Nelson, 1906-09; lawyer; Minnesota Insurance Commissioner, 1910-14; Minnesota state auditor, 1915-21; Governor of Minnesota, 1921-25; candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1923. Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., May 24, 1961 (age 77 years, 269 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Son of Christian Keyser Preus and Louise Augusta (Hjort) Preus; married 1909 to Idella Louise Haugen.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 Decorah Lutheran Cemetery Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Samuel David Goetsch (b. 1879) — also known as Sam D. Goetsch — of Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Born in Sheboygan County, Wis., 1879. Member of Iowa state senate; elected 1934. Interment at Decorah Lutheran Cemetery. Phelps Cemetery Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Politicians buried here:   Henry Thomas Helgesen (1857-1917) — also known as Henry T. Helgesen — of Milton, Cavalier County, N.Dak. Born near Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, June 26, 1857. Republican. U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1911-17 (at-large 1911-13, 1st District 1913-17); died in office 1917; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1916. Died April 10, 1917 (age 59 years, 288 days). Interment at Phelps Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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.   Relatives: Son of E. E. Biermann and Martha Biermann; married, January 25, 1930, to Adel Rygg.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Theodore Weld Burdick (1836-1898) — of Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa. Born in Evansburg (now Conneaut Lake), Crawford County, Pa., October 7, 1836. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker; U.S. Representative from Iowa 3rd District, 1877-79; member of Iowa state senate, 1886-87. Died in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, July 16, 1898 (age 61 years, 282 days). Interment at Phelps Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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