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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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Frank Elisha Reed (1880-1967) —
also known as Frank E. Reed —
of Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Glencoe, McLeod
County, Minn., June 19,
1880.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican
border; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 31, 1917-18; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1920.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., February
3, 1967 (age 86 years, 229
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Burdette Richardson (1874-1945) —
also known as William B. Richardson —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
10, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1911-17; member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1927-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936.
Died September
19, 1945 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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A. J. Rockne (born c.1873) —
of Zumbrota, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., about 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-10; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1909-10; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1911-28 (29th District 1911-14, 19th District
1915-28); delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Charles W. Root —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Minnesota
state senate 33rd District, 1951-60.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Gordon Rosenmeier (b. 1907) —
of Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn.
Born in Royalton, Morrison
County, Minn., July 1,
1907.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 53rd District, 1941-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Westerville, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., October
21, 1855.
Lawyer; Adams
County Superintendent of Schools, 1878-84; minister;
founder (1895) and national superintendent (1895-1903) of the
Anti-Saloon League; Dry candidate for delegate
to Ohio convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died June 30,
1946 (age 90 years, 252
days).
Interment at Otterbein
Cemetery, Westerville, Ohio.
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Edward Rustad (born c.1870) —
of Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn.
Born in Columbia
County, Wis., about 1870.
Lawyer; banker; Traverse
County Auditor; Traverse
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate 48th District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Charles E. Ryberg (b. 1870) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1870.
Real
estate business; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 32, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John Benjamin Sanborn (1826-1904) —
also known as John B. Sanborn —
of Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
5, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-60, 1872 (District 2
1859-60, District 23 1872); member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Died May 6,
1904 (age 77 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Benjamin Sanborn Jr. (1883-1964) —
also known as John B. Sanborn, Jr. —
of Otisville, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
9, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-16 (District 37 1913-14,
District 42 1915-16); served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
district judge in Minnesota, 1922-25; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1925-32; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1932-59; took
senior status 1959.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died, of a heart
ailment, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 7,
1964 (age 80 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845.
School
principal; lawyer; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 8th
Circuit, 1892-1911; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1892-1928; died in
office 1928.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in the Angus Hotel,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 10,
1928 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre and Jacob Pederson Sathre; married, April
14, 1912, to Mina Hilstad. |
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Harold W. Schultz (b. 1917) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born December
4, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1951-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Spencer J. Searls (b. 1887) —
of Carlton, Carlton
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 54, 1915-18; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Moses G. Sherburne (1808-1868) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
25, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1842; member of Maine
state senate, 1845; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1852; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
29, 1868 (age 60 years, 64
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) —
also known as Charles D. Sherwood —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1833.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9
1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66.
Drowned,
reportedly as a suicide,
in Lake
Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2,
1895 (age 61 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mound
Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Ill.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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George L. Siegel —
of Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Accountant;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1917-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 41st District; elected unopposed 1934; elected 1942;
defeated, 1958.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George Thomas Simpson (b. 1867) —
also known as George T. Simpson —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Winona, Winona
County, Minn., 1867.
Lawyer; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1909-11; resigned 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert O. Sletvold (1889-1967) —
of Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Otter Tail
County, Minn., April 6,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1932;
member of Minnesota
state senate 63rd District, 1935-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1951-52.
Died in 1967
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Lyndon Ambrose Smith (b. 1854) —
also known as Lyndon A. Smith —
of Montevideo, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1899-1903; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1912-18; appointed 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert A. Smith (1827-1913) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind., June 13,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1880,
1888;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1887-92, 1894-96, 1900-08; postmaster at St.
Paul, Minn., 1896-1900.
Methodist.
English
ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., February
12, 1913 (age 85 years, 244
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ludwig Oliver Solem (b. 1881) —
also known as Ludwig O. Solem —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., February
1, 1881.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 33, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Claude E. Southwick (b. 1873) —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., 1873.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 12 1913-14,
District 7 1915-18).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Henry Spindler (b. 1872) —
of Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Waconia, Carver
County, Minn., 1872.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1921-28; member of
Minnesota
state senate 27th District; elected 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis C. Spooner (born c.1851) —
of Morris, Stevens
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, N.Y., about 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1915-16 (District 57
1907-10, District 48 1915-16); candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April
13, 1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; director, U.S. Mutual Security
Agency, 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Ozora Pierson Stearns (1831-1896) —
also known as Ozora P. Stearns —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in DeKalb, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., January
15, 1831.
Republican. Lawyer; Olmsted
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; mayor
of Rochester, Minn., 1866-68; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1871; district judge in Minnesota 11th
District, 1874-95.
Died in Pacific Beach, San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 2,
1896 (age 65 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Halvor Steenerson (1852-1926) —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Pleasant Springs, Dane
County, Wis., June 30,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; Polk
County Attorney, 1881-82; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1883-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1903-23; defeated,
1922; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
22, 1926 (age 74 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Oscar T. Stenvick (born c.1877) —
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., about 1877.
College
professor; lawyer; Clearwater
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 65, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Charles L. Stevens (b. 1867) —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born near Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill., February
1, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frederick Clement Stevens (1861-1923) —
also known as Frederick C. Stevens —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
1, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-92 (District 26 1889-90,
District 28 1891-92); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 1,
1923 (age 62 years, 181
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Hiram Fairchild Stevens (1852-1904) —
of Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born September
11, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 26, 1889-90; member of
Minnesota
state senate 28th District, 1891-98.
Member, American Bar
Association.
One of the organizers of the American Bar Association in 1878.
Died March 9,
1904 (age 51 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter H. Stolberg (1848-1915) —
also known as P. H. Stolberg —
of Harris, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
December
7, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
district judge in Minnesota 18th District, 1910.
Died in Pine City, Pine
County, Minn., December
21, 1915 (age 67 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Harris, Minn.
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George C. Sudheimer (born c.1877) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., about 1877.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George H. Sullivan (b. 1867) —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., December
20, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; Washington
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1904-06; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1907-28 (31st District 1907-14, 43rd District
1915-28); delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1908,
1916,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1916.
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John D. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Peterborough, Ontario,
November
25, 1862.
School
teacher; lawyer; Stearns
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-28 (47th District 1911-14, 45th District
1915-28).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886 to
Elizabeth M. Schmidt. |
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Manual 1917 |
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John Ephraim Swanger (1864-1936) —
also known as John E. Swanger —
of Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo.
Born in Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo., June 22,
1864.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Sullivan County, 1893-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1905-09.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
19, 1936 (age 72 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Swanger and Sarah Ann (Camp) Swanger; married to Norma
Fay Eubanks. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1907 |
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Hilding A. Swanson (b. 1885) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Smaland, Sweden,
June
30, 1885.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1917-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 53rd District, 1919-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Edward Allen Tamm (1906-1985) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
21, 1906.
Lawyer; deputy director, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1930-48; Associate
Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia,
1948-65; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1965-85; died in
office 1985.
Died September
22, 1985 (age 79 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) —
also known as James A. Tawney —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams
County, Pa., January
3, 1855.
Republican. Blacksmith;
machinist;
lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., June 12,
1919 (age 64 years, 160
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Winona, Minn.
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Thomas Fontain Terrell (1866-1939) —
also known as Thomas F. Terrell —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ballard
County, Ky., July 5,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1901-03.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
28, 1939 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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Paul A. Thuet —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1959; defeated, 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Clark Holmes Timerman (1864-1931) —
also known as Clark H. Timerman —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn., 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1904,
1908;
candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 8th District, 1910.
Died in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 30,
1931 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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C. L. Todd (b. 1869) —
of Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Iowa, 1869.
Lawyer; banker; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 7th District; elected 1930.
Burial location unknown.
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Wash.
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Charlemagne Tower (1848-1923) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April
17, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Duluth & Iron Range Railroad;
managing director, Minnesota Iron Co. (mining);
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1897-99; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1899-1902; Germany, 1902-08; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died February
24, 1923 (age 74 years, 313
days).
Original interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; reinterment at Waterville
Cemetery, Waterville, N.Y.
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Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928) —
also known as Charles A. Towne —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born near Pontiac, Oakland
County, Mich., November
21, 1858.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1895-97; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1905-07.
Died, from asthma
and pneumonia,
in Southern Methodist Hospital,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., October
22, 1928 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Park, Tucson, Ariz.
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John Van Dyke (1807-1878) —
of New Brunswick, Middlesex
County, N.J.; Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in Lamington, Somerset
County, N.J., April 3,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of New Brunswick, N.J., 1846-47, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1847-51; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856;
associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1859-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 15, 1872; district judge
in Minnesota 3rd District, 1873-78; died in office 1878.
Died in Wabasha, Wabasha
County, Minn., December
24, 1878 (age 71 years, 265
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Wabasha, Minn.
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Louis William Vasaly (1878-1964) —
also known as Louis W. Vasaly —
Born in Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn., September
13, 1878.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1915-16.
Died in Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn., March
29, 1964 (age 85 years, 198
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Little Falls, Minn.
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Andrew John Volstead (1860-1947) —
also known as Andrew J. Volstead —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born near Kenyon, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
31, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Yellow
Medicine County Attorney; mayor of Granite Falls, Minn., 1900-02;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1903-23; defeated,
1922.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Introduced the National Prohibition Act (or "Volstead Act"), passed
in October 1919.
Died in Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn., January
20, 1947 (age 86 years, 81
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Granite Falls, Minn.
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James Beach Wakefield (1825-1910) —
also known as James B. Wakefield —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
21, 1825.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1857-58, 1863, 1866 (District 14
1857-58, District 20 1863, 1866); Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1866; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1867-69; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1876-80; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn., August
25, 1910 (age 85 years, 157
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio.
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Carleton L. Wallace (b. 1865) —
also known as Carl L. Wallace —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., 1865.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1899-1902, 1905-06, 1909-10;
member of Minnesota
state senate 34th District, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Thomas William Walsh (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas W. Walsh —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
27, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard A. Walsh and Margaret (McManus) Walsh; married to Mildred
Stewart. |
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John E. Warren (1827-1896) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
18, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1854-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1863-64.
Died in Brussels, Belgium,
July
6, 1896 (age 69 years, 170
days).
Interment somewhere
in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
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Knut Magnus Wefald (1900-1991) —
also known as Magnus Wefald —
of Hawley, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Hawley, Clay
County, Minn., April
21, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Minnesota
state senate 49th District, 1947-58.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., February
9, 1991 (age 90 years, 294
days).
Interment at Hawley
Cemetery, Hawley, Minn.
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Thomas P. Welch (b. 1897) —
of Buffalo, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Jacksonville Township, Chickasaw
County, Iowa, June 5,
1897.
Lawyer; Wright
County Attorney, 1925-39; member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1939-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Almur Stiles Whiting (1889-1959) —
also known as Almur S. Whiting —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., March 2,
1889.
Republican. Shipyard
paymaster; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Alabama, 1944,
1952
(alternate).
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., February
5, 1959 (age 69 years, 340
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Charles S. Whiting (1863-1922) —
of De Smet, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Olmsted
County, Minn., May 25,
1863.
Lawyer; circuit judge in South Dakota 9th Circuit, 1903-08;
judge
of South Dakota state supreme court 3rd District, 1908-22; died
in office 1922.
Died March
25, 1922 (age 58 years, 304
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Wilkin (c.1820-1864) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Orange
County, N.Y., about 1820.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; secretary
of Minnesota Territory, 1851-53; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Killed
in battle at Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 14,
1864 (age about 44
years); highest ranking volunteer from Minnesota to be killed in
the Civil War.
Burial location unknown.
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Morton Smith Wilkinson (1819-1894) —
also known as Morton S. Wilkinson —
of Eaton Rapids, Eaton
County, Mich.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Skaneateles, Onondaga
County, N.Y., January
22, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1859-65; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1869-71; defeated
(Democratic), 1888; member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1874-77.
Died in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
4, 1894 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Mankato, Minn.
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William Chapman Williston (1830-1909) —
also known as W. C. Williston —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Cheraw, Chesterfield
County, S.C., June 22,
1830.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 16, 1873-74; member of
Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1876-77; district judge in Minnesota
1st District, 1891.
Died in Goodhue
County, Minn., June 22,
1909 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William King Williston and Annis (Chapman) Williston; married, April
12, 1854, to Mary E. Canfield; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of George
Williston Nash; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin and John
Wentworth; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Elijah
Hunt Mills, Greene
Carrier Bronson and Chester
Wentworth; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, John
Strong, Aaron
Kellogg, John
Wentworth Jr. and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Silas
Wright Jr. and James
Samuel Wadsworth. |
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family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Gebhard Willrich (1853-1925) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Gilten, Lower Saxony (now Germany),
May
27, 1853.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; school
teacher; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1889-90; probate
judge in Minnesota, 1895-99; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1905-09; Quebec City, 1909-17; St. Gall, 1924.
Died December
1, 1925 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833-1890) —
also known as Eugene M. Wilson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1857-61; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1869-71; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-73, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1876;
member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1879-80; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1888.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
April
10, 1890 (age 56 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Donald Orr Wright (born c.1893) —
also known as Donald O. Wright —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., about 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1924-26; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1927-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 30th District, 1935-60; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee); Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1954-55.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Herbert Wright (1863-1930) —
also known as Edward H. Wright —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; Cook
County Commissioner, 1897-1900; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Colonial Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., August
6, 1930 (age 66 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
New York Public Library |
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