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Hardware Business Politicians in Minnesota
Hardware and Building Supply Dealers

Tracy L. Beckman (b. 1945) — of Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minn. Born January 7, 1945. Democrat. School teacher; hardware store owner; corn processing plant manager; member of Minnesota state senate, 1987-99 (29th District 1987-91, 26th District 1992-99); resigned 1999; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1998. Still living as of 1999.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Rudolph Eli Boschwitz (b. 1930) — also known as Rudy Boschwitz — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Berlin, Germany, November 7, 1930. Republican. Lawyer; founder and chairman of Plywood Minnesota (later Home Valu Interiors), a plywood and home improvement retailer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1972; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1979-91; defeated, 1990, 1996. Jewish. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier Charles Wesley Bouck (1852-1920) — also known as Charles W. Bouck — of Royalton, Morrison County, Minn. Born in Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill., February 29, 1852. Carpenter; employed building bridges for the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1880-85; hardware and farm implement business; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1911-20 (District 48 1911-14, District 53 1915-20); died in office 1920. Died in Royalton, Morrison County, Minn., June 4, 1920 (age 68 years, 96 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Royalton, Minn.   Relatives: Married to Mary L. Ball.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917   Charles Schretz Crandall (b. 1840) — also known as Charles S. Crandall — of Owatonna, Steele County, Minn. Born in Erie County, Ohio, 1840. Republican. Newspaper editor; hardware store owner; postmaster; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 12, 1874; member of Minnesota state senate 12th District, 1887-94. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   John A. Johnson (b. 1883) — of Hancock, Stevens County, Minn.; Preston, Fillmore County, Minn. Born in Litchfield, Meeker County, Minn., July 9, 1883. Bookkeeper; grain elevator manager; hardware store owner; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 1, 1921-30, 1939-48; Speaker of the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1925-26; member of Minnesota state senate 1st District, 1949-58; defeated, 1958. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record 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.   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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