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Andrew A. Anderson (1886-1966) —
also known as Andy A. Anderson —
of Luverne, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Rock
County, Minn., October
8, 1886.
Banker;
real
estate and insurance business; farm
manager; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1951-58; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 79 years, 357
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minn.
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Otto T. Bang Jr. (1931-2008) —
of Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Madelia, Watonwan
County, Minn., September
15, 1931.
Insurance agent; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-72 (District 33 1963-66,
District 29-A 1967-72); member of Minnesota
state senate 39th District, 1973-82.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, following an automobile
accident, from complications of a head injury, in Hennepin County
Medical
Center, Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
29, 2008 (age 77 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tracy R. Bangs (1862-1936) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Le Sueur, Le Sueur
County, Minn., April
29, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co., Northern States Power
Co., and Occidental Life Insurance Co.; Grand
Forks County State's Attorney, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for North Dakota, 1894-98.
Episcopalian.
Died February
22, 1936 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, N.Dak.
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John M. Biggerstaff (b. 1858) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., November
18, 1858.
Republican. Builder;
insurance business; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kalamazoo County 1st
District, 1915-16; defeated, 1916.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1884 to Lolita
Lamb; married 1899 to Effie
J. Grant. |
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James Cumming (b. 1861) —
of Huntsville Township, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Carlton County, Ontario,
October
17, 1861.
President, Huntsville Fire Insurance Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1899-1902, 1917-18 (District 62
1899-1902, District 66 1917-18); member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Deming (b. 1896) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 28,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; real
estate and insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin William Fort (1880-1937) —
also known as Franklin W. Fort —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March
30, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
Recorder of East Orange, 1907-08; manager, Eagle Fire
Insurance Company; president, Lincoln National Bank;
chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 9th District, 1925-31; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1930.
Presbyterian.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 20,
1937 (age 57 years, 82
days).
Interment at Bloomfield
Cemetery, Bloomfield, N.J.
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George D. French (1856-1921) —
of St. Charles, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., February
6, 1856.
Republican. Banker; real
estate and insurance business; Winona
County Register of Deeds, 1895-1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1909-10; defeated, 1910.
Died in 1921
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery, St. Charles, Minn.
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Herbert Lincoln Greer (1892-1941) —
also known as Herbert L. Greer —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., May 29,
1892.
Railroad
clerk; traffic manager for meat packing
company; insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1927-28.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., November
6, 1941 (age 49 years, 161
days).
Interment at Lanesboro Cemetery, Lanesboro, Minn.
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Glenn H. Gruenhagen (b. 1952) —
of Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn., February
1, 1952.
Republican. Insurance agent; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2011-21 (District 25-A 2011-12,
District 18-B 2013-21).
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2021.
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Elaine Harder (1947-2013) —
also known as Elaine Renee Rupp —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.
Born in Cottonwood
County, Minn., December
27, 1947.
Republican. Insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22-B, 1995-2004.
Female.
Lutheran.
Died, in St. Anthony Health
Care Center, St. Anthony, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
24, 2013 (age 65 years, 271
days).
Interment at New Home (Rosehill) Mennonite Cemetery, Westbrook, Minn.
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John M. Harrison (b. 1875) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., 1875.
Republican. Fire insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 34, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Guy Victor Howard (1879-1954) —
also known as Guy V. Howard —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
28, 1879.
Republican. Insurance business; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Minnesota; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936-37.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
20, 1954 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Carroll L. Hurd (1894-1977) —
of St. Louis Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Boardman, St. Croix
County, Wis., January
9, 1894.
Insurance business; mayor
of St. Louis Park, Minn., 1952-53.
Member, Rotary.
Died April
22, 1977 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, October
15, 1913, to Laura Henning; married to Hazel
Pinney. |
| | | Image source: St. Louis Park Historical
Society |
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George W. Johnson (1894-1974) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
22, 1894.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1925-36;
insurance business; mayor of
Duluth, Minn., 1945-53.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Died in a hospital
at Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 20,
1974 (age 79 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oneota
Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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John Kelly (1853-1923) —
of Waverly, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
16, 1853.
Farmer;
real
estate and insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1919-23; died in
office 1923.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1923
(age about
70 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Leonard (b. 1865) —
of Millville, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in Wabasha
County, Minn., 1865.
Superintendent
of schools; farmer;
director and vice-president, Plainview Farmers; Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Melvin Joseph Maas (1898-1964) —
also known as Melvin J. Maas —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., May 14,
1898.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1927-33, 1935-45;
defeated, 1932 (Independent, at-large), 1944 (Republican, 4th
District); served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
Moose;
Eagles.
Stricken with total blindness
in August 1951.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
13, 1964 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Martin M. Malone (1888-1962) —
of Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn., August
7, 1888.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
insurance agent; vegetable packing
plant superintendent; member of Minnesota
state senate 17th District, 1955-58.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Montgomery, Le Sueur
County, Minn., January
30, 1962 (age 73 years, 176
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Montgomery, Minn.
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J. Edward Meyers (1862-1944) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio, December
22, 1862.
Republican. Insurance business; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1919-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936.
Died June 11,
1944 (age 81 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles G. Meyers and Maria (Gagel) Meyers; married, September
22, 1885, to Mattie Ruhl. |
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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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Bernard P. Omann, Sr. (1919-1986) —
also known as Ben Omann —
of St. Joseph, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born June 1,
1919.
Farmer;
insurance agent; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1980; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 16-A, 1983-86; died in
office 1986.
Catholic.
Died in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., November
19, 1986 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank L. Palmer (born c.1863) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., about 1863.
Postal
worker; real
estate and insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1915-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882 to Mary
A. Hogle. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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John W. Papke (born c.1871) —
of Waseca, Waseca
County, Minn.
Born in St. Mary Township, Waseca
County, Minn., about 1871.
Farmer;
director, First National Bank of
Waseca; president, Isoco Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company; president, Waseca County Farmers Live Stock Association;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-18 (District 10 1911-14,
District 16 1915-18).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John L. Richardson —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real
estate and insurance business; member of Minnesota
state senate 45th District, 1957-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Olav Sabo (1938-2016) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Crosby, Divide
County, N.Dak., February
28, 1938.
Democrat. Insurance agent; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-78; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1979-2007; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
13, 2016 (age 78 years, 14
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Archie A. Stone (b. 1893) —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Morris, Stevens
County, Minn., 1893.
Farm
implement dealer; insurance business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Ernest G. Strand (b. 1883) —
of Two Harbors, Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Smaland, Sweden,
August
8, 1883.
Barber;
secretary, North Shore Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company;
mayor of Two Harbors, Minn., 1916; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1917-18.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Westlake and Harriet E. (McNish)
Westlake. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Walter William Whitbeck (1892-1961) —
also known as Walter W. Whitbeck —
of Oregon.
Born in North St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
7, 1892.
Democrat. Insurance business; fire
chief; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1942.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., October
23, 1961 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Relatives:
Married 1918 to
Beaulah Angela Simpson. |
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George S. Whitney (b. 1858) —
of Faribault, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., December
9, 1858.
Insurance business; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred B. Wood (b. 1866) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Ames, Montgomery
County, N.Y., June 14,
1866.
Democrat. Real
estate and insurance business; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Minnesota, 1905-09.
Burial location unknown.
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