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David Ferdinand Durenberger (b. 1934) —
also known as David F. Durenberger —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., August
19, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
executive secretary to Gov. Harold
LeVander, 1967; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1978-95.
Catholic.
Member, Jaycees;
Knights
of Columbus; Elks;
Lions.
Investigated
in 1990 by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics over allegations
that he had broken rules restricting Senators' outside income, in
particular by laundering
about $100,000 in speaking fees into book royalties. Denounced
by unanimous vote of the Senate in July 1990 for bringing
"dishonor and disrepute" to the body. Subsequently he was
disbarred;
in 1995 he pleaded
guilty to five misdemeanor counts of misusing
his congressional expense account.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles L. Halsted (1894-1968) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak., September
23, 1894.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 53, 1937-46, 1953-66;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Lions; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Crow Wing
County, Minn., February
19, 1968 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Brainerd, Minn.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson; married to
Nina C. Knudson. |
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Timothy W. Jones (b. 1971) —
also known as Tim Jones —
of Eureka, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 25,
1971.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 2007-14 (89th District 2007-12,
110th District 2013-14); Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 2012-14; in 2009,
was a plaintiff in a lawsuit brought by Orly
Taitz, alleging Barack
Obama was not a "natural born citizen"; the case was dismissed;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2012,
2016
(alternate); radio show
host.
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2016.
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Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913-1976) —
also known as Odin Langen —
of Kennedy, Kittson
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
5, 1913.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 67, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1959-71 (9th District 1959-63, 7th
District 1963-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964,
1968.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died July 6,
1976 (age 63 years, 183
days).
Interment at Red
River Cemetery, Red River, Minn.
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Samuel G. Nagel (1901-1963) —
of Edgeley, LaMoure
County, N.Dak.
Born in Tripp, Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., January
14, 1901.
Democrat. Retail
liquor dealer; mayor of Edgeley, N.D.; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Dakota, 1944
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Catholic.
Volga
German ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Lions.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
11, 1963 (age 62 years, 270
days).
Interment at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Edgeley, N.Dak.
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Richard W. O'Dea (1916-1998) —
also known as Dick O'Dea —
of Willernie, Washington
County, Minn.; Mahtomedi, Washington
County, Minn.
Born July 7,
1916.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1953-72 (District 43 1953-62,
District 50 1963-66, District 8 1967-72).
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died, from cancer,
January
10, 1998 (age 81 years, 187
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks;
Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
mae Daugaard. |
| | | Image source: Casper (Wyoming)
Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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