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Frederick Elliott Biermann (1884-1968) —
also known as Fred Biermann —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
20, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Agnostic.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., July 1,
1968 (age 84 years, 103
days). His body was
donated to the Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Henry Bordewich (1844-1912) —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born in Vaagan, Norway,
January
19, 1844.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Navy during
the Civil War; Yellow
Medicine County Auditor, 1874-88; candidate for Minnesota
state treasurer, 1884; postmaster; U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1897-1900; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1900-12, died in office 1912.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
March
19, 1912 (age 68 years, 60
days).
Interment at Olivia
Cemetery, Olivia, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of John P. Bordewich and Leonharde (Linkhausen) Bordewich; married 1869 to
Bergithe Severinson. |
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memorial |
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John P. Bray (1859-1917) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Henderson, Sibley
County, Minn., February
14, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
Grand
Forks County Auditor; North
Dakota state auditor, 1889-92; resigned 1892; postmaster;
U.S. Consul General in Melbourne, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-15; Singapore, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Johannesburg, 1916-17, died in office 1917.
Died in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December
20, 1917 (age 58 years, 309
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Bray and Catherine (Hughes) Bray; married 1915 to
Winifred Mabel Crabbe. |
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Charles Schretz Crandall (b. 1840) —
also known as Charles S. Crandall —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; hardware
store owner; postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 12, 1874; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District, 1887-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Richard Diessner (1853-1935) —
also known as Henry R. Diessner —
of Waconia, Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Hanover, Germany,
November
4, 1853.
Republican. Physician;
postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1900;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 25, 1911-12.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
11, 1935 (age 81 years, 68
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Howard Flowers (b. 1865) —
also known as H. Howard Flowers —
of Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn., 1865.
School
teacher; postmaster; merchant;
banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 27 1913-14,
District 17 1915-18).
Member, Freemasons;
Modern
Woodmen.
Interment at Savidge Lake Cemetery, Cleveland, Minn.
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John Frisch (b. 1871) —
Born in St. Charles, Winona
County, Minn., November
12, 1871.
Postmaster; automobile
dealer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1917-20; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1923-26.
Burial location unknown.
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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April
29, 1812.
Democrat. Livery
business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851;
postmaster; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 5th District, 1857.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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Elam Andrew Jackson Greeley (1818-1882) —
also known as Elam A. J. Greeley —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
13, 1818.
Postmaster; member
Minnesota territorial council 1st District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1857.
Died September
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archibald Marshall Hayes (1872-1941) —
also known as Archie M. Hayes —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; McGregor, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, April
26, 1872.
Republican. Flour mill
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 30, 1905-06; clerk to
U.S. Sen. Knute
Nelson, 1910; postmaster of McGregor, Minn., 1922-34.
Died October
22, 1941 (age 69 years, 179
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Aitkin, Minn.
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Edward R. Hinds (born c.1857) —
of Hubbard, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1857.
Farmer;
postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-06, 1909-10, 1915-22
(District 53 1903-06, 1909-10, District 63 1915-22).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Gilbert Iverson (b. 1859) —
also known as Samuel G. Iverson —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., April
21, 1859.
Republican. Postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1887-88; Minnesota
state auditor, 1903-15; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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Joseph B. Kendall (b. 1838) —
of Byron, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
the peace; postmaster; brick
manufacturer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1895-98.
Burial location unknown.
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Elias Nordgren (b. 1872) —
of Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn.; North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Jamtland, Sweden,
June
23, 1872.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 56, 1915-22; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1928.
Swedish
ancestry.
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. |
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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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S. J. Swanson (b. 1857) —
of Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Carver
County, Minn., January
15, 1857.
Vice-president, State Bank of
Cokato; president, Cokato Elevator
Company; director, Cokato Telephone
Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1917-20 (District 38
1893-96, District 27 1917-20); postmaster.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Joe Tanner —
of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Mail carrier; comedian;
candidate for mayor
of Brooklyn Park, Minn., 2011.
Still living as of 2011.
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, Minn.
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