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John J. Ahmann (1860-1927) —
also known as Johann Josef Ahmann —
of Richmond, Stearns
County, Minn.; Munson Township, Stearns
County, Minn.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Westphalia, Germany,
January
6, 1860.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1907-14.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Stearns
County, Minn., February
9, 1927 (age 67 years, 34
days).
Interment at Sts.
Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery, Richmond, 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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William Albert Bickel (1834-1900) —
also known as William Bickel —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany,
July
13, 1834.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 2nd Minnesota
District, 1879.
German ancestry.
Died March
13, 1900 (age 65 years, 243
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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William Frederick Bickel (1862-1933) —
also known as William F. Bickel —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Huntington
County, Ind., September
5, 1862.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1889-90.
German ancestry.
Died in 1933
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Hans Birkhofer (b. 1860) —
of Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
November
1, 1860.
Brewer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 47, 1917-18.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Casper Capser (1828-1912) —
of St. Joseph, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
April
22, 1828.
Blacksmith;
wagon
maker; mechanic;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 40, 1883-86.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Joseph, Stearns
County, Minn., June 21,
1912 (age 84 years, 60
days).
Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery, St. Joseph, Minn.
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Joseph Capser (1832-1919) —
of Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
March
5, 1832.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state senate 31st District, 1875-76; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-92 (District 40 1889-90,
District 45 1891-92).
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn., December
18, 1919 (age 87 years, 288
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minn.
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Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) —
also known as Victor Christgau —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated
(Independent), 1932.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in George Washington Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1991 (age 97 years, 20
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, St. Paul Park, Minn.
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Henry Joseph Emmel (1844-1927) —
also known as Henry J. Emmel —
of Spring Hill, Stearns
County, Minn.; Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Cumberland, Allegany
County, Md., March
17, 1844.
Democrat. Merchant;
farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1878, 1909-10 (District 31 1878,
District 54 1909-10).
German ancestry.
Died September
8, 1927 (age 83 years, 175
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Spring Hill, Minn.
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Hugo O. Hanft (b. 1871) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., December
16, 1871.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; municipal
judge in Minnesota, 1906-14; district judge in Minnesota 2nd
District, 1915-32.
German ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Oscar E. Hanft and Anna (Engelke) Hanft; married, June 16,
1900, to Laura H. Holly. |
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Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) —
also known as Harry L. Heer —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
22, 1873.
Mining
engineer;
lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925.
German and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., November
12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Galena, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. |
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Herbert P. Keller (1875-1935) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
7, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1910-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1916,
1920.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
21, 1935 (age 60 years, 256
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Fredrick Kelm (1900-1957) —
also known as Elmer F. Kelm —
of Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn., March 3,
1900.
Democrat. Banker; secretary of
Minnesota Democratic Party, 1937; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1940-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1944;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Minnesota, 1946-51.
Catholic.
German ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., July 13,
1957 (age 57 years, 132
days).
Interment at St. Hubert Catholic Cemetery, Chanhassen, Minn.
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Henry L. Kelm (1869-1916) —
of Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn., November
5, 1869.
Republican. Postmaster at Chanhassen,
Minn., 1900-04, 1907-11.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Carver
County, Minn., August
10, 1916 (age 46 years, 279
days).
Interment at St. Hubert Catholic Cemetery, Chanhassen, Minn.
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Thomas Arthur Kelm (1930-2004) —
also known as Thomas A. Kelm; Tom Kelm —
of Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn.; Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn.; Chaska, Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn., November
12, 1930.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1956,
1964
(alternate), 1976.
Catholic.
German ancestry.
Died in Chanhassen, Carver
County, Minn., March 6,
2004 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Interment at St. Hubert Catholic Cemetery, Chanhassen, Minn.
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Andrew Robert Kiefer (1832-1904) —
also known as Andrew R. Kiefer —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Marienborn, Germany,
May
25, 1832.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1864; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1893-97; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1898-1900; defeated, 1890.
German ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 1,
1904 (age 71 years, 342
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles H. Klein (1872-1961) —
also known as Charley Klein —
of Chaska, Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Carver
County, Minn., June 2,
1872.
Republican. Banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 25, 1903-06; member of
Minnesota
state senate 25th District, 1911-14; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German ancestry.
Died in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., September
15, 1961 (age 89 years, 105
days).
Entombed at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Chaska, Minn.
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Peter H. Konzen (1857-1935) —
of Hallock, Kittson
County, Minn.
Born in Chickasaw
County, Iowa, May 27,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1896;
mayor of Hallock, Minn.; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1915-18.
German ancestry.
Died in Hallock, Kittson
County, Minn., July 15,
1935 (age 78 years, 49
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Hallock, Minn.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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George H. Moeller (b. 1882) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
13, 1882.
Worked in newspaper,
telephone,
insurance,
and advertising
businesses; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 36 1913-14,
District 40 1915-18).
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel G. Nagel (1901-1963) —
of Edgeley, LaMoure
County, N.Dak.
Born in Tripp, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., January
14, 1901.
Democrat. Retail
liquor dealer; mayor of Edgeley, N.D.; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Dakota, 1944
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Catholic.
Volga German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
11, 1963 (age 62 years, 270
days).
Interment at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Edgeley, N.Dak.
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Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Republican. Journalist;
author;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
German ancestry.
Died of prostate
cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, June 20,
1912, to Ellen Torelle. |
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Otto Christian Neuman (1869-1938) —
also known as O. C. Neuman —
of Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn.
Born in Dakota
County, Minn., June 29,
1869.
Democrat. Merchant;
land
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1917-32.
Lutheran.
German ancestry. Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn., May 30,
1938 (age 68 years, 335
days).
Interment somewhere in Wheaton, Minn.
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Joseph M. Pottgeiser (born c.1848) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany,
about 1848.
Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in St.
Paul, Minn., 1896-1906.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born near Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., September
8, 1815.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1843-47; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1849-53; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1855-56; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1856
(Convention
Vice-President; member, Platform
Committee); Governor of
Minnesota, 1860-63; defeated, 1857; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1863-75; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1879-81.
Methodist
or Presbyterian.
Scottish
and German ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
22, 1903 (age 87 years, 226
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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J. D. Ross (b. 1859) —
of Clinton, Big Stone
County, Minn.
Born in Mecklenburg Schwerin (now Mecklenburg-Verpommern), Germany,
May
4, 1859.
Hardware
and farm
implement business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1917-18.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Gustave A. Ruckoldt (1833-c.1914) —
of Rockford, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Saxony, Germany,
July, 1833.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 32nd District, 1872-73.
German ancestry.
Died about 1914 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel F. Snively (1859-1952) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., November
24, 1859.
Mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1921-37.
Swiss
and German ancestry.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., 1952
(age about
92 years).
Interment at Sunrise
Memorial Park, Hermantown, Minn.
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John Steffen (b. 1868) —
of Troy Township, Pipestone
County, Minn.
Born in Holstein, Germany,
1868.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1915-18.
German ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Bruce Frank Vento (1940-2000) —
also known as Bruce F. Vento —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
7, 1940.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-76; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1977-2000; died in
office 2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984,
1996,
2000.
Catholic.
German and Italian
ancestry.
Died, of mesothelioma (lung
cancer caused by exposure to asbestos), St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
10, 2000 (age 60 years, 3
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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