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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Minnesota

Jasper B. Chapin (1822-1896) — of Virginia City, Madison County, Mont.; Moorhead, Clay County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.). Born in Genesee County, N.Y., January 7, 1822. Hotel owner; mayor of Fargo, N.Dak., 1880-82. Killed himself, in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., January 26, 1896 (age 74 years, 19 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Emma Jane Clark.   Teman Gilbertson (1837-1922) — also known as Tidemann Gulbrandsen Gudbrandsplass — of Spring Grove, Houston County, Minn. Born in Nes, Hallingdal, Norway, March 15, 1837. Hotel owner; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 13, 1871. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Horace, Cass County, N.Dak., 1922 (age about 85 years). Interment at St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Horace, N.Dak.   Relatives: Uncle of Gilbert S. Gilbertson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   David Gilman (1812-1885) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich.; Watab, Benton County, Minn. Born in New York, April 29, 1812. Democrat. Livery business; hotelier; farmer; Benton County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851; postmaster; delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857. Member, Freemasons. Died in Watab, Benton County, Minn., May 9, 1885 (age 73 years, 10 days). Interment at Benton County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Paul A. Grassle (1896-1979) — of Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn. Born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., May 5, 1896. Hotel business; mayor of Rochester, Minn., 1939-47; candidate for Minnesota state senate 4th District, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles; Rotary; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Jesters. Suffered a heart attack, and died two weeks later, in Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., October 10, 1979 (age 83 years, 158 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.   Relatives: Son of Charles Otto Grassle and Laura (Lubitz) Grassle; married, September 19, 1917, to Evangeline Linstrom; married, February 15, 1956, to Gudrun Christenson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial John A. Healy (b. 1870) — of Hibbing, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y., 1870. Hotel business; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 49, 1911-14; member of Minnesota state senate 60th District, 1915-18. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917   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.   Relatives: Married 1918 to Effie A. Bjornstad.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page James Johnston (b. 1854) — of Howard Lake, Wright County, Minn.; Bertha, Todd County, Minn. Born in Canada, 1854. Hotelier; livery business; farmer; livestock breeder; member of Minnesota state senate, 1907-18, 1927-30 (53rd District 1907-14, 51st District 1915-18, 1927-30). Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 Patrick Henry McGarry (1860-1935) — also known as Patrick H. McGarry — of Walker, Cass County, Minn. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Mich., June, 1860. Hotel-keeper; first village president, Walker, Minn.; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 52, 1909-10, 1913-14; member of Minnesota state senate 52nd District, 1915-22; resort owner. Irish ancestry. Died in California, 1935 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.   Presumably named for: Patrick Henry   Relatives: Son of James Alfred McGarry and Catherine (McGlynn) McGarry.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917   John Henry McKee (b. 1909) — also known as John H. McKee — of Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn. Born in Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn., November 10, 1909. School teacher; funeral director; motel owner; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 62, 1951-54; member of Minnesota state senate, 1955-66 (62nd District 1955-62, 64th District 1963-66). Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Rotary; Elks; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Henry N. McKee and Christine (Strom) McKee; married, September 4, 1934, to Norma Babcock.   See also Minnesota Legislator record Ellis J. Westlake (b. 1854) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Horseheads, Chemung County, N.Y., April 30, 1854. Superintendent of dining cars for Northern Pacific Railway; hotel manager; insurance business; member of Minnesota state senate 31st District, 1915-18. Member, Elks; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish) Westlake.   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917

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