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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
Park 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.; Sedalia, Pettis
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; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1916.
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. |
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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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