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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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Frank D. Bangs (1878-1935) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., June 19,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1935; died
in office 1935.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died December
23, 1935 (age 57 years, 187
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Rapid City, S.Dak.
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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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Mary McClure Bibby (1939-2016) —
also known as Mary Anne Burges; Mary
McClure —
of Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak.; Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.; Spicer, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak., April
21, 1939.
Republican. Fulbright scholar; member of South
Dakota state senate, 1975-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from South Dakota, 1976,
1992,
2008
(alternate); special assistant for intergovernmental affairs, under
President George
H. W. Bush, 1989-92.
Female.
Congregationalist; later Methodist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; Rotary.
Died, from cancer,
in Spicer, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., July 2,
2016 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Spicer Cemetery, Spicer, Minn.
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Calvin Luther Brown (1854-1923) —
also known as Calvin L. Brown —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Goshen, Sullivan
County, N.H., April
26, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Stevens
County Attorney, 1883-88; district judge in Minnesota 16th
District, 1887-99; appointed 1887; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1899-1913; appointed 1899; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; died in office
1923.
Congregationalist.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
24, 1923 (age 69 years, 151
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Brown; married, September
1, 1879, to Annette Marlow. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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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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Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (1879-1961) —
also known as J. A. A. Burnquist —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Dayton, Webster
County, Iowa, July 21,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 33, 1909-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1913-15; Governor of
Minnesota, 1915-21; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1939-55.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Order of
the Coif; American Bar
Association.
Died January
12, 1961 (age 81 years, 175
days).
Interment at Lakewood
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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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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George A. Farr (b. 1924) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school teacher
and principal; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1958; executive secretary, Gov. Orville
Freeman, 1959-60; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair,
1961-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Farr and Ruth (Townley) Farr; married, February
22, 1945, to Patricia Dunlap Sorlie. |
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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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Grace Harriet Geib (1913-2003) —
also known as Harriet Geib; Grace Harriet Hagen;
Mrs. Marvin Geib —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born August
3, 1913.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964
(alternate), 1968.
Female.
Congregationalist. Member, League of Women
Voters; Gamma
Phi Beta.
Died February
9, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Relatives:
Daughter of O. J. Hagen; married to Marvin J. Geib; granddaughter of
Frank Weld. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ralph Bigelow Goodhue (1878-1960) —
also known as Ralph Goodhue —
of Dennison, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., January
27, 1878.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 18th District, 1943-50.
Congregationalist.
Died in Rice
County, Minn., January
18, 1960 (age 81 years, 356
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Oscar Hallam (b. 1865) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Linden town, Iowa
County, Wis., October
19, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1905-13; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1928.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Hallam and Mary (Wood) Hallam; married, July 27,
1892, to Edith L. Lott. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Chuck Hazama —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1979-95.
United Church of Christ. Hawaiian
ancestry.
Still living as of 1995.
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Henry Holmes (b. 1861) —
of Monticello, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1861.
Pastor;
writer;
lecturer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 55, 1915-18.
Congregationalist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Theodore Leonard Irving (1898-1962) —
also known as Leonard Irving —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
24, 1898.
Democrat. Railroad
work; theater
manager; hotel
manager; construction
worker; president
and business
agent, Local 264, Construction and General Laborers Union; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1949-53; defeated,
1952.
Congregationalist. Member, Eagles.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1962 (age 63 years, 349
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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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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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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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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Dee Long (b. 1939) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., 1939.
Democrat. College
instructor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1979-98 (District 56-B 1979-82,
District 59-A 1983-92, District 60-A 1993-98); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1992-93; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1996;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Charles Edward Magoon (1861-1920) —
also known as Charles E. Magoon —
of Nebraska.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., December
5, 1861.
U.S. Minister to Panama, 1905-06.
Congregationalist.
Died, two days after surgery for acute appendicitis,
in Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1920 (age 58 years, 40
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer;
Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist. Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Daniel Sinclair (1833-1907) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland,
January
2, 1833.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; postmaster at Winona,
Minn., 1869-85, 1890-94; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1880
(delegation chair); member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1903-04.
Congregationalist. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Winona, Winona
County, Minn., November
20, 1907 (age 74 years, 322
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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George Andrew Sutherland (b. 1868) —
also known as George A. Sutherland —
of Sherburne, Martin
County, Minn.; Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn.
Born in Oil Springs, Ontario,
April
5, 1868.
Insurance
and real
estate business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 9, 1917-18.
Congregationalist. Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901 to
Augusta Schneekloth. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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