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Dakota County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Dakota County

Index to Locations Hastings Guardian Angels Cemetery Hastings Lakeside Cemetery Hastings St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Cemetery Hastings St. Lukes Cemetery Near Hastings Bellwood Cemetery Mendota St. Peter's Cemetery Mendota Heights Acacia Park Cemetery Mendota Heights Resurrection Cemetery Rosemount St. Joseph's Cemetery Guardian Angels Cemetery Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Albert Schaller — of Minnesota. Member of Minnesota state senate 30th District, 1899-1914; candidate in primary for justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1916. Interment at Guardian Angels Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Katherine Meloy. Lakeside Cemetery Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Laurence Curran Hodgson (1874-1937) — also known as Laurence C. Hodgson; "Larry Ho" — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Hastings, Dakota County, Minn., November 6, 1874. Democrat. Newspaper reporter; poet; mayor of St. Paul, Minn., 1918-22, 1926-30; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1920. Methodist. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 24, 1937 (age 62 years, 138 days). Interment at Lakeside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Hodgson and Druscilla (Hutchinson) Hodgson; married, June 21, 1900, to Elizabeth O. Schurch.   See also Wikipedia article St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Cemetery Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Jonas B. Lambert (1845-1927) — of Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, May 17, 1845. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; music teacher; music store owner; mayor of Hastings, Minn., 1878-80. Died in Hastings, Dakota County, Minn., 1927 (age about 82 years). Interment at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Robert Lambert and Eliza Lambert; married 1871 to Barbara Schaller.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Lukes Cemetery Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Archibald M. Hayes (1825-1868) — of Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born in New Hampshire, 1825. Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 3, 1859-60; member of Minnesota state senate 7th District, 1861; postmaster at Hastings, Minn., 1865-68. Died October 31, 1868 (age about 43 years). Interment at St. Lukes Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Abigail (Adams) Hayes and John Hayes; brother of Oren Tracy Hayes; married to Louisa Anderson; uncle of Archibald Marshall Hayes.   Political family: Hayes #1 family of Hastings, Minnesota.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record Bellwood Cemetery Near Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Henry G. Bailly (1828-1865) — of Hastings, Dakota County, Minn. Born October 29, 1828. Democrat. Postmaster at Hastings, Minn., 1854-55; member Minnesota territorial council 6th District, 1856-57; delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention 6th District, 1857; member of Minnesota state senate 3rd District, 1857-58; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. French and American Indian ancestry. Died, from his war wounds, in Minnesota, January 7, 1865 (age 36 years, 70 days). Interment at Bellwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alexis C. Bailly and Lucy (Faribault) Bailly; brother of Alexis Phillip Bailly; nephew of Alexander Faribault.   Political family: Bailly-Faribault family of Mendota, Minnesota.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record St. Peter's Cemetery Mendota, Dakota County, Minnesota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   George D. Auge (1834-1917) — of Eagan, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Quebec, December 14, 1834. Member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 20, 1874. Catholic. French Canadian ancestry. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., January 10, 1917 (age 82 years, 27 days). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Dosithe Auge and Julie (Beaudet) Auge; married to Mary Dunn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   Frank S. Farrell Sr. (c.1921-2000) — of Minnesota. Born in Minnesota, about 1921. Lawyer; candidate for Minnesota state senate, 1956. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Plaintiff in a lawsuit over disparities in legislative district populations (Minnesota had not changed its state senate districts since 1913), which led to the U.S. Supreme Court's "One Man, One Vote" decisions starting in 1962. Died, of congestive heart failure, near Hayward, Sawyer County, Wis., July 31, 2000 (age about 79 years). Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery. Acacia Park Cemetery 2151 Pilot Knob Road Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here: 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 Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Andrew Stassen and Elsie Emma (Mueller) Stassen; married, November 14, 1929, to Esther Glewwe.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Eminent Americans (1954)   Karl Harold Phillip LeVander (1910-1992) — also known as Harold LeVander — of South St. Paul, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Swede Home, Polk County, Neb., October 10, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1968. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; American Bar Association; Gamma Eta Gamma; Pi Kappa Delta. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 30, 1992 (age 81 years, 172 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Peter Magni LeVander and Laura Marie (Lovene) LeVander; married to Iantha Powrie.   Cross-reference: David F. Durenberger   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Clifford Loyd Hilton (1866-1946) — also known as Clifford L. Hilton — of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minn. Born in Kenyon, Goodhue County, Minn., December 8, 1866. Lawyer; Minnesota state attorney general, 1918-27; justice of Minnesota state supreme court; elected 1934. Died in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., April 5, 1946 (age 79 years, 118 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Frances Moll.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Dudley Bartlett (1861-1944) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Ardmore, Montgomery County, Pa. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 11, 1861. Consul for Chile in Philadelphia, Pa., 1904-14; Honorary Consul for Guatemala in Philadelphia, Pa., 1910-15. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., October 16, 1944 (age 83 years, 279 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Ella Ferguson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Claude Henry Allen (1899-1974) — also known as Claude H. Allen — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born April 4, 1899. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 42, 1937-56; member of Minnesota state senate, 1959-66 (42nd District 1959-62, 43rd District 1963-66). Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., November 25, 1974 (age 75 years, 235 days). Interment at Acacia Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Anna M. Allen.   See also Minnesota Legislator record Resurrection Cemetery Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Charles P. McCarty (1933-1974) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., 1933. Real estate business; mayor of St. Paul, Minn., 1970-72. Catholic. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., February 9, 1974 (age about 40 years). Interment at Resurrection Cemetery. St. Joseph's Cemetery Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota Politicians buried here:   Elmer James Ryan (1907-1958) — also known as Elmer J. Ryan — of South St. Paul, Dakota County, Minn. Born in Rosemount, Dakota County, Minn., May 26, 1907. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1935-41; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1940. Died in an automobile accident near Somerset, St. Croix County, Wis., February 1, 1958 (age 50 years, 251 days). Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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