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Oscar Albert Naplin (1876-1927) —
also known as Oscar A. Naplin —
of Thief River Falls, Pennington
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
May
2, 1876.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 65th District, 1919-22, 1927; died in office 1927.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Suffered a stroke of
apoplexy, and died eleven days later, in Miller Hospital,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
15, 1927 (age 50 years, 258
days).
Interment at Black River Lutheran Cemetery, Polk Centre Township, Pennington
County, Minn.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
11, 1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Harold S. Nelson (b. 1890) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer; Steele
County Attorney, 1921-34; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1955-66 (16th District 1955-62, 8th District
1963-66).
Burial location unknown.
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Knute Nelson (1843-1923) —
of Wisconsin; Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Vosse Elven, Norway,
February
2, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1868-69; Douglas
County Attorney, 1872-74; member of Minnesota
state senate 39th District, 1875-78; Presidential Elector for
Minnesota, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1883-89; Governor of
Minnesota, 1893-95; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1895-1923; died in office 1923; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900,
1904.
Died on
a train near Timonium, Baltimore
County, Md., April
28, 1923 (age 80 years, 85
days).
Interment at Kinkead
Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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Martin A. Nelson (b. 1889) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Hesper, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, February
21, 1889.
Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1930; vice-chair of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1932; Republican candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1934, 1936; Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942; district judge in Minnesota 10th
District, 1944-53; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1953.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew A. Nelson and Bertha (Jacobson) Nelson; married 1920 to Merle
Henifin. |
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Rensselaer Russell Nelson (1826-1904) —
also known as R. R. Nelson —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y., May 12,
1826.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1857-58.
Died October
15, 1904 (age 78 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Stanford Newel (1839-1907) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., June 7,
1839.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1884,
1892;
U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1897-1905; Luxembourg, 1903-05.
Died in 1907
(age about
68 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Hughes Newton (1880-1941) —
also known as Walter H. Newton —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1919-29; secretary
and administrative assistant to President Herbert
Hoover, 1929; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1941 (age 60 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Monroe Nichols (1859-1908) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass., January
15, 1859.
Republican. Real estate
broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died, from locomotor
ataxia, in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., September
16, 1908 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at West Thompson Cemetery, Thompson, Conn.
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George Nordlin (b. 1884) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak., May, 1884.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 38, 1917-22; member of
Minnesota
state senate 38th District, 1923-34.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Sheldon Norton (1829-1870) —
also known as Daniel S. Norton —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, April
12, 1829.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; member
of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1857-58, 1861, 1864-65; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1865-70; died in office 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 13,
1870 (age 41 years, 92
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Willis I. Norton (b. 1880) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Allegan
County, Mich., April
28, 1880.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-34 (District 39 1913-14,
District 29 1915-24, District 33 1925-34).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward G. Novak (b. 1917) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born April
16, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1959-74 (38th District 1959-62, 47th District
1963-66, 45th District 1967-72, 64th District 1973-74); alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Mellen Nye (1852-1935) —
also known as Frank M. Nye —
of Clear Lake, Polk
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Shirley, Piscataquis
County, Maine, March 7,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1907-13; district
judge in Minnesota, 1920-32.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
29, 1935 (age 83 years, 267
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, River Falls, Wis.
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Christopher D. O'Brien (1848-1922) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in County Galway, Ireland,
December
4, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1883-85; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1888
(speaker),
1892
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1904.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
27, 1922 (age 73 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Dillon O'Brien (b. 1859) —
also known as Thomas D. O'Brien —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in La Pointe, Ashland
County, Wis., February
14, 1859.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1909-11; appointed 1909.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dillon O'Brien and Elizabeth (Kelly) O'Brien; married, April
24, 1888, to Mary C. Cruice. |
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Thomas T. Ofsthun (1858-1936) —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58, 1901-06, 1913-14;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Pope
County, Minn., February
7, 1936 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Patrick O'Hara (1895-1975) —
also known as Joseph P. O'Hara —
of Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Tipton, Cedar
County, Iowa, January
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; McLeod
County Attorney, 1934-38; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1941-59.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 4,
1975 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Patrick H. O'Keefe (1870-1924) —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Welch, Goodhue
County, Minn., March
15, 1870.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 20, 1921-22.
Died in 1924
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold J. O'Loughlin —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 40th District, 1955-62.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Johann Olson (b. 1875) —
also known as Julius J. Olson —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Döna, Norway,
February
22, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916;
district judge in Minnesota, 1930-34; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1934-48.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl Olson and Marie Antoinette (Beck) Olson; married, July 14,
1909, to Caroline Louise Sletten. |
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Charles N. Orr (born c.1878) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Princeton, Mille Lacs
County, Minn., about 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1911-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1915-28; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932
(alternate), 1936
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George Lorenzo Otis (1829-1882) —
also known as George L. Otis —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Homer, Cortland
County, N.Y., October
7, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1866; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1867-68; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1869.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
29, 1882 (age 52 years, 173
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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John W. Padden (1906-1989) —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Red Lake Falls, Red Lake
County, Minn., April
30, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1942.
Died June 29,
1989 (age 83 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mabeth Hurd Paige —
also known as Mabeth Hurd —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1923-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to James Paige. |
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Ralph J. Parker (b. 1867) —
of Spring Valley, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Mower
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; Fillmore
County Attorney, 1903; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1915-22; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John B. Pattison (b. 1876) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., December
25, 1876.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 45, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Tim Pawlenty (b. 1960) —
of Eagan, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
27, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1995-2000; Governor of
Minnesota, 2003-11; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair).
Catholic;
later Lutheran.
Still living as of 2024.
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Charles Hazen Peaslee (1804-1866) —
also known as Charles H. Peaslee —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Gilmanton, Belknap
County, N.H., February
6, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1847-53; U.S.
Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1853-57.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., September
18, 1866 (age 62 years, 224
days).
Interment at Harmony
Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H.
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George E. Perley (d. 1927) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1903-06; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1904.
Died May 17,
1927.
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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A. M. Peterson (b. 1877) —
of Coleraine, Itasca
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 52, 1915-18; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Edward P. Peterson (b. 1855) —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.
Born in Goodhue
County, Minn., 1855.
Farmer;
school
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-18, 1923-26 (23rd District 1911-14, 26th
District 1915-18, 1923-26).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank H. Peterson (born c.1862) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., about 1862.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-10, 1915-22 (60th District 1903-10, 49th
District 1915-22).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George W. Peterson (b. 1872) —
of Long Prairie, Todd
County, Minn.
Born in Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Todd
County Attorney, 1898-1905; Republican Presidential Elector for
Minnesota, 1905;
candidate for chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1934.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Herbert Peterson (b. 1890) —
also known as Harry H. Peterson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
12, 1890.
Lawyer; Ramsey
County Attorney, 1923-27; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1933-36; Democratic-Farmer-Labor
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1950.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Swan Alfred Peterson and Mathilda Christina (Gustafson) Peterson;
married, June 28,
1916, to Mabel V. Norquist. |
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P. Kenneth Peterson (1915-1994) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April
13, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1952;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1957-61; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1960.
Killed in an automobile
accident, December
31, 1994 (age 79 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
newspaper
editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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William Alvin Pittenger (1885-1951) —
also known as William A. Pittenger —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born near Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1929-33, 1935-37,
1939-47; defeated, 1932 (at-large), 1946 (8th District).
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., November
26, 1951 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Samuel Cleland Polley (b. 1864) —
also known as Samuel C. Polley —
of Deadwood, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winnebago Valley, Houston
County, Minn., January
13, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Lawrence
County State's Attorney, 1901; secretary
of state of South Dakota, 1909-13; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1913-47.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Spearfish, S.Dak.
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John Power —
of Hibbing, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Lawyer; mayor
of Hibbing, Minn., 1902, 1904.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor L. Power (b. 1880) —
of Hibbing, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Michigan, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Hibbing, Minn., 1913-21, 1923; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert F. Pratt (b. 1872) —
of Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka
County, Minn., September
25, 1872.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Anoka
County Attorney, 1899-1914; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 44, 1915-18; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1927-28.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucia Pratt and Thomas Franklin Pratt. |
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Manual 1917 |
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A. J. Praxel (b. 1877) —
of Lamberton, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born January
8, 1877.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1917-18.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Jacob Aall Ottesen Preus (1883-1961) —
also known as Jacob A. O. Preus —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Columbia
County, Wis., August
28, 1883.
Republican. Clerk to U.S. Sen. Knute
Nelson, 1906-09; lawyer; Minnesota Insurance Commissioner,
1910-14; Minnesota
state auditor, 1915-21; Governor of
Minnesota, 1921-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 24,
1961 (age 77 years, 269
days).
Interment somewhere
in Decorah, Iowa.
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Benjamin Pringle (1807-1887) —
of Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.
Born in Richfield Springs, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
9, 1807.
Whig. Lawyer; banker; Genesee
County Judge, 1841-46; U.S.
Representative from New York 30th District, 1853-57; member of New York
state assembly from Genesee County, 1862.
Died in Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn., June 7,
1887 (age 79 years, 210
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Frank E. Putnam (born c.1857) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Grafton, Windham
County, Vt., about 1857.
Republican. Lawyer; Faribault
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-28 (12th District 1903-14, 7th District
1915-28); defeated, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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