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James L. Adams (1921-2014) —
also known as Jim Adams —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich., October
2, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; electrician;
treasurer
and president,
IBEW Local 292; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1955-74 (District 31 1955-62,
District 42 1963-72, District 60-A 1973-74).
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
6, 2014 (age 92 years, 308
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Lars Joseph Aga (1854-1930) —
also known as Lars J. Aga —
of Bancroft Township, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Dell Rapids, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Colton, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Ullensvang, Norway,
April
6, 1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1891-92.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Madison, Lake
County, S.Dak., October
9, 1930 (age 76 years, 186
days).
Interment at Minnehaha Cemetery, Colton, S.Dak.
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Ansgar Laurentius Almen (1887-1963) —
also known as A. L. Almen —
of Minnesota.
Born in New London, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., March 8,
1887.
Member of Minnesota
state senate 13th District, 1935-54.
Swedish ancestry.
Died November
19, 1963 (age 76 years, 256
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.
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Christian J. Amble (1874-1947) —
of Manzano, Torrance
County, N.M.; Mountainair, Torrance
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Minnesota, 1874.
Republican. Physician;
druggist;
Torrance
County Treasurer, 1912; Torrance
County Health Officer, 1931; member of New Mexico
Republican State Committee, 1934; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1936;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives; elected 1938.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., January
30, 1947 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Republican. Glue
manufacturing business; dairy farmer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1949-58; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Anton Velhelm Anderson (1873-1938) —
also known as Anton V. Anderson —
of Belle Creek Township, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Vasa, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
31, 1873.
Dairy farmer;
president, Co-Operative Creamery;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-12, 1915-18 (District 29
1911-12, District 19 1915-18).
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Goodhue
County, Minn., December
1, 1938 (age 65 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clyde Elmer Anderson (1912-1998) —
also known as C. Elmer Anderson —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., March
16, 1912.
Republican. Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1939-43, 1945-51; Governor of
Minnesota, 1951-55; defeated, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
mayor
of Brainerd, Minn., 1976-86.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., January
12, 1998 (age 85 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Noral Jerome Anderson (1902-1992) —
also known as Ernest J. Anderson —
of near Frost, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born near Frost, Faribault
County, Minn., November
28, 1902.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1955-72 (7th District 1955-62, 10th District
1963-72).
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died January
27, 1992 (age 89 years, 60
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas J. Anderson (1855-1930) —
also known as T. J. Anderson —
of Minnesota.
Born near Winchester, Winnebago
County, Wis., December
5, 1855.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1916.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Foxboro, Douglas
County, Wis., April
25, 1930 (age 74 years, 141
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Superior, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of John Anderson and Juliane Anderson; father of Lula Anderson (who
married Henrik
Shipstead). |
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Paul Harold Andreen (1881-1957) —
also known as Paul H. Andreen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., November
19, 1881.
Republican. Pastor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., October
23, 1957 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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J. A. Arneson (1851-1911) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1851.
Tinner;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1887-88.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in 1911
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Hans Mathias Aune (1861-1937) —
also known as Hans M. Aune —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Trondheim, Norway,
May
19, 1861.
Clothing
merchant; mayor
of Redwood Falls, Minn., 1920; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1937; died in office
1937.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Ryan Hotel,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 5,
1937 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Roy Benjamin Aune (1900-1993) —
also known as Roy B. Aune —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.; Parkers Prairie, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in a log
cabin, near Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., April 9,
1900.
Superintendent
of schools; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1945-50.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Died, following a stroke,
in the Lake Region Nursing
Home, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., June 1,
1993 (age 93 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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C. T. Baarnaas —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Norway.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1883-84.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, Norway,
August
7, 1856.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1913-15.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died of diabetes,
in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., March
26, 1930 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Christopher M. Bendixen (1857-1953) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Morgan, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Denmark,
1857.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1913-24 (District 19
1907-10, 1913-14, District 14 1915-24).
Danish ancestry.
Died in 1953
(age about
96 years).
Interment at Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery, Morgan, Minn.
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Albert Berg (1861-1920) —
of Center City, Chisago
County, Minn.; Warroad, Roseau
County, Minn.
Born in Center City, Chisago
County, Minn., June 25,
1861.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; Chisago
County Register of Deeds, 1886-94; secretary
of state of Minnesota, 1895-1901; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 63, 1901-02; banker.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
13, 1920 (age 58 years, 233
days).
Interment at Chisago Lake Cemetery, Center City, Minn.
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Haldor Erickson Boen (1851-1912) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sondre Aurdal, Valdres, Norway,
January
2, 1851.
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1893-95.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Aurdal Township, Otter Tail
County, Minn., July 23,
1912 (age 61 years, 203
days).
Interment at Aurdal
Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Minn.
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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. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Anton Borgen (b. 1851) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1851.
Locomotive
engineer; grocer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-18 (District 50 1909-14,
District 58 1915-18).
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Gerhard J. Bundlie (1889-1966) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
26, 1889.
Lawyer;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1930-32.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
8, 1966 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole G. Bundlie and Gertrude (Brusegard) Bundlie; married, June 25,
1921, to Alice J. Davis. |
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Ole O. Canestorp (1847-1917) —
of Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
May
21, 1847.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1891-94, 1907-10 (49th District 1891-94, 57th
District 1907-10).
Swedish ancestry.
Died March
23, 1917 (age 69 years, 306
days).
Interment at Ness Cemetery, Elbow Lake, Minn.
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Edwin J. Chilgren (1897-1972) —
also known as Ed Chilgren; "Big
Ed" —
of Littlefork, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in Jamtland, Sweden,
July
4, 1897.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1927-64 (District 62 1927-62,
District 64 1963-64); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in 1972
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Oakley Cemetery, Littlefork, Minn.
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Andrew Christensen (b. 1862) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Denmark,
September
14, 1862.
Farmer;
director, Crown Creamery;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 16, 1917-22.
Danish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Hans Christopherson (1830-1915) —
of Hartland, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1830.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1879-80.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in 1915
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Christopherson (b. 1843) —
of Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1843.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1878.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Olaf Devold —
also known as Andrew O. Devold; Andy
Devold —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Printer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 32, 1915-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 32nd District, 1919-26, 1931-40; Independent
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O. Eberhart;
Olaf Adolf Olsson —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer
and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers;
indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried
and convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eric Magnus Engelbert (1859-1937) —
also known as Eric M. Engelbert —
of Winthrop, Sibley
County, Minn.; Bronson (now Lake Bronson), Kittson
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Högsäter, Sweden,
April
22, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 18, 1891-92; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
24, 1937 (age 78 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Anton R. Erickson —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Born in Norway.
Postmaster at Bemidji,
Minn., 1911.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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David J. Erickson (b. 1887) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Warren
County, Pa., December
3, 1887.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1917-20.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Gary W. Flakne (1934-2016) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
12, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-73 (District 35 1963-72,
District 61-A 1973); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1968
(alternate), 1972.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Minnesota, January
3, 2016 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Arthur A. Flom (b. 1838) —
of Cannon Falls, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1838.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 17, 1873, 1881-82.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Carrie Fosseen (1875-1963) —
also known as Carrie Secelia Jorgens; Mrs. Manley L.
Fosseen —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minnesota, January
30, 1875.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1924.
Female.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., March
23, 1963 (age 88 years, 52
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Manley Lewis Fosseen (1869-1947) —
also known as Manley L. Fosseen —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Illinois, December, 1869.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1903-06; member of
Minnesota
state senate 42nd District, 1907-14; municipal judge in
Minnesota, 1930.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., August
9, 1947 (age 77 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Teman Gilbertson (1837-1922) —
also known as Tidemann Gulbrandsen Gudbrandsplass —
of Spring Grove, Houston
County, Minn.
Born in Nes, Hallingdal, Norway,
March
15, 1837.
Hotel
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1871.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Horace, Cass
County, N.Dak., 1922
(age about
85 years).
Interment at St.
John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Horace, N.Dak.
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A. R. Gisslen —
of Minnesota.
Born in Sweden.
Socialist. Blacksmith;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Minnesota, 1920.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Oluf Gjerset (b. 1858) —
of Montevideo, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1858.
Lawyer;
Chippewa
County Attorney, 1897-1903; mayor of Montevideo, Minn., 1913;
member of Minnesota
state senate 24th District, 1915-22.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Hagen (1875-1950) —
also known as Eddy Hagen —
of Milan, Chippewa
County, Minn.
Born in Big Bend Township, Chippewa
County, Minn., March
21, 1875.
School
teacher; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 24, 1933-42; member of
Minnesota
state senate 24th District, 1943-50; died in office 1950.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Big Bend Township, Chippewa
County, Minn., November
5, 1950 (age 75 years, 229
days).
Interment at Big Bend Lutheran Church Cemetery, Milan, Minn.
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Newspaper
publisher; executive secretary to U.S. Rep. Richard
T. Buckler, 1935-42; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
19, 1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Gus Hall (1910-2000) —
also known as Arvo Kustaa Halberg —
of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910.
Communist. Steelworker;
union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984.
Finnish ancestry.
Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000 (age 90 years, 5
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Hans Hanson Jr. (1820-1904) —
also known as Hans Hanson Holton Jr. —
of Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Telemark, Norway,
December
14, 1820.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 6, 1857-58.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died September
8, 1904 (age 83 years, 269
days).
Interment at Aspelund
Immanuel Cemetery, Wanamingo Township, Goodhue County, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Hans Hanson Holton and Gunhild Larsdatter; married 1848 to Aslaug
Swensungdatter; married 1857 to Anne
Marie Pedersdatter; married 1877 to Sophie
Moslet. |
| | | See also Minnesota
Legislator record |
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Oscar L. Hauge (1868-1945) —
of St. Paul Park, Washington
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Faribault
County, Minn., September
17, 1868.
Republican. Dentist;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 31, 1911-12; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1927-30; member, Los Angeles County Board
of Supervisors, 1938-44.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died, from a heart
attack, June 23,
1945 (age 76 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nels S. Hegnes (born c.1879) —
of Argyle, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born in Rice
County, Minn., about 1879.
Republican. Banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate 67th District, 1915-22.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Knut Hansen Helling (1839-1916) —
also known as Knut H. Helling —
of near Madelia, Brown
County, Minn.
Born in Aal, Buskerud, Norway,
September
22, 1839.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 37, 1875; member of Minnesota
state senate 37th District, 1879-80.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Brown
County, Minn., October
19, 1916 (age 77 years, 27
days).
Interment at Linden
Church Cemetery, Hanska, Minn.
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Engebreth Hagbarth Hobe (1860-1940) —
also known as Engebreth H. Hobe —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
February
20, 1860.
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in St.
Paul, Minn., 1893-1903; Honorary
Consul for Norway in St.
Paul, Minn., 1935.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April
19, 1940 (age 80 years, 59
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Cheri Lynn Honkala (b. 1963) —
also known as Cheri Honkala —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., 1963.
Green. Candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2012.
Female.
Finnish and Cheyenne
Indian ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) —
also known as John H. Hougen —
of Fisher, Polk
County, Minn.; Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., July 14,
1978 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (1911-1978) —
also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H.";
"The Happy Warrior"; "The
Hump" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Wallace, Codington
County, S.Dak., May 27,
1911.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate
for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960,
1972;
Vice
President of the United States, 1965-69; candidate for President
of the United States, 1968.
Congregationalist.
English
and Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Federation of Teachers.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died, of cancer,
at Waverly, Wright
County, Minn., January
13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.; statue at Minneapolis City Hall Grounds, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Ferdinand A. Husher (1825-1894) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Viborg, Denmark,
June
16, 1825.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; Register, U.S. Land Office, LaCrosse, Wis.;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1889-90; U.S. Consul
in Port Stanley, 1890-93; St. Thomas, 1890-93.
Lutheran.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., February
12, 1894 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob F. Jacobson (1849-1938) —
also known as "King Jake"; "The Norwegian
Giant from Lac qui Parle" —
of Madison, Lac qui
Parle County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1849.
Republican. Farm
implement dealer; Lac
qui Parle County Auditor, 1873-79; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1889-90, 1893-1902 (District 37
1889-90, District 43 1893-98, District 18 1899-1902); candidate for
Governor
of Minnesota, 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912,
1916.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in 1938
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Theodore E. Jansen —
of Minnesota.
Born in Norway.
Socialist. Delegate to Socialist National Convention from Minnesota,
1920.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Ingvald Johnson (1898-1977) —
also known as Alfred I. Johnson —
of Benson, Swift
County, Minn.
Born in Swift
County, Minn., January
10, 1898.
Democrat. Grocer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 25, 1941-58; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Minnesota; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in a nursing
home at Benson, Swift
County, Minn., February
15, 1977 (age 79 years, 36
days).
Interment at Benson
Cemetery, Benson, Minn.
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Charles F. Johnson —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden.
Republican. U.S.
Collector of Customs, 1891.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeff Johnson (b. 1966) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn., November
11, 1966.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 2001-06 (District 34-B 2001-02,
District 43-A 2003-06); candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 2006; member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 2012; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 2012.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Albert Johnson (1861-1909) —
also known as Albert Johnson —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in a log
cabin, near St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., July 28,
1861.
Democrat. Candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives District 17, 1888; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1899-1902; Governor of
Minnesota, 1905-09; died in office 1909; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1908.
Presbyterian.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
20, 1909 (age 48 years, 54
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, St. Peter, Minn.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.; statue at Nicollet
County Courthouse Grounds, St. Peter, Minn.
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Magnus Johnson (1871-1936) —
also known as Magnus Janson —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.; Kimball, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
September
19, 1871.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer;
vice-president, Equity Co-operative Grain
Exchange; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 26, 1915-18; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state senate 26th District, 1919-22; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1922 (Farmer-Labor), 1926; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923-25; defeated (Farmer-Labor), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn., September
13, 1936 (age 64 years, 360
days).
Interment at Dassel
Cemetery, Dassel, Minn.
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Marcus Johnson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden.
Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Minnesota, 1891.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Hannah Jensen Kempfer (1880-1943) —
of Erhard, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born December
22, 1880.
School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1923-30, 1933-42.
Female.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., September
27, 1943 (age 62 years, 279
days).
Interment at Tonseth Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erhard, Minn.
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
On March 9, 1924, he and Leroy M. Hull, a 29-year-old clerk for the
Labor Department, sitting in his parked car alongside a rural road
near Arlington National Cemetery, were arrested
by officers of the Arlington County vice squad; he vainly offered a
$100 bribe,
but was charged,
apparently with sodomy
(press reports avoided mentioning the specific crime, only that it
was a "grave moral offense"), and jailed
overnight; tried
before a jury, and found not guilty.
Died, following a series of heart
attacks, in Wesley Memorial Hospital,
Wadena, Wadena
County, Minn., August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North
Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.
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Ole Kron (b. 1847) —
of Holmes City, Douglas
County, Minn.; Evansville, Douglas
County, Minn.; Clitherall, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1847.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; merchant;
Prohibition candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1892.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Nilsen Langemo (1832-1923) —
also known as P. N. Langemo —
of Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
September
30, 1832.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 17, 1878-80.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died April
11, 1923 (age 90 years, 193
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Adolph S. Larson (born c.1880) —
of Sandstone, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
about 1880.
Merchant;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 32 1913-14,
District 56 1915-18); member of Minnesota
state senate 56th District, 1919-34.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Albert Larson (1877-1948) —
also known as Henry A. Larson —
of Preston, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Fillmore
County, Minn., June 27,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1920;
member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1927-48; died in office 1948.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died, following a stroke,
in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., March
12, 1948 (age 70 years, 259
days).
Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Preston, Minn.
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Lewis M. Larson (b. 1891) —
of Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in Freeborn
County, Minn., November
1, 1891.
Farmer;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 6th District, 1942, 1946.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Farm
Bureau; Sons of
Norway.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Larson and Inger (Quam) Larson; married, February
16, 1916, to Gustina Skaug. |
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Norman James Larson (1902-1999) —
also known as Norman Larson —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.
Born in Borup, Norman
County, Minn., December
26, 1902.
Musician;
automobile
dealer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1939-70 (64th District 1939-62, 65th District
1963-66, 66th District 1967-70); served in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died, in Lutheran Memorial Home,
Halstad, Norman
County, Minn., January
14, 1999 (age 96 years, 19
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Karl Harold Phillip LeVander (1910-1992) —
also known as Harold LeVander —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Swede Home, Polk
County, Neb., October
10, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; Governor of
Minnesota, 1967-71; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1968.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis;
American Bar
Association; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
30, 1992 (age 81 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John I. Levin (born c.1885) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., about 1885.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1917-22; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1932,
1936.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carl G. Levin and Ida J. Levin; married to Laura A.
Johnson. |
| | | See also Minnesota
Legislator record |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Mikkel Thorsyeinson Lillehaugen (1881-1972) —
also known as M. T. Lillehaugen —
of Perth Township, Walsh
County, N.Dak.; Brocket, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hallingdal, Norway,
June
4, 1881.
Republican. Farmer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Dakota, 1952
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in East Grand Forks, Polk
County, Minn., October
24, 1972 (age 91 years, 142
days).
Interment at West Forest Cemetery, Whitman, N.Dak.
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John Lind (1854-1930) —
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Kanna, Smaland, Sweden,
March
25, 1854.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1887-93, 1903-05 (2nd District
1887-93, 5th District 1903-05); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1899-1901; defeated (Democratic), 1896, 1900; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
Prohibition candidate for Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1916.
Unitarian.
Swedish ancestry.
Lost
his left hand in a boyhood accident.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
18, 1930 (age 76 years, 177
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Soren Listoe (1846-1927) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Denmark,
April
27, 1846.
Farmer;
newspaper
editor; register of U.S. Land Office at Fergus Falls, Minn.,
1875-82; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1875; U.S. Consul in
Dusseldorf, 1892-93; Rotterdam, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in Rotterdam, 1902-20.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn., December
12, 1927 (age 81 years, 229
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Minn.
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Engebret E. Lobeck (1864-1922) —
also known as E. E. Lobeck —
of Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1864.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58, 1907-10; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912; member of Minnesota
state senate 47th District, 1915-18.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died October
30, 1922 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Kinkead
Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., August
4, 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1911-14; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Rho; United
Spanish War Veterans.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash
of a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Wilhelm Christian Magelssen (1873-1919) —
also known as William C. Magelssen —
of Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Bratsberg, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
19, 1873.
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Beirut, 1899-1905; in Beirut, in August 1903, he was shot
at but not injured; press reports incorrectly reported that he
was dead; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Beirut, 1905-06; U.S. Consul in Baghdad, 1906-09; Colombo, 1909-11; Melbourne, 1911-17.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, on board the steamship
Sonoma, in the North
Pacific Ocean, October
17, 1919 (age 45 years, 363
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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Carl G. Malmberg (b. 1872) —
of Forest Lake, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Smaland, Sweden,
1872.
Banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 43, 1915-18.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert W. Mattson (1924-1982) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in a hospital
at Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
26, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1964-67.
Lutheran.
Finnish ancestry. Member, Disabled
American Veterans.
Died, of kidney
failure, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
14, 1982 (age 57 years, 200
days).
Interment somewhere
in Naples, Fla.
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Nels T. Moen (1866-1929) —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.; Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Freeborn
County, Minn., May 26,
1866.
Lawyer;
Norman
County Judge of Probate, 1899; Norman
County Attorney, 1905; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1911-16; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1917-26.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
23, 1929 (age 63 years, 89
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Tollef Nelson and Marit Larson; married to Betsy
Johnson. |
| | | See also Minnesota
Legislator record |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Laura Emelia Naplin (1893-1985) —
also known as Laura E. Naplin; Laura Emelia
Johnson —
of Thief River Falls, Pennington
County, Minn.
Born in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., February
14, 1893.
School
teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 65th District, 1927-34.
Female.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., 1985
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ancher Nelsen (1904-1992) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Renville
County, Minn., October
11, 1904.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 22nd District, 1935-50; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1953-54; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1956; Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1958; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1959-75.
Lutheran.
Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau.
Died in Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn., November
30, 1992 (age 88 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Anders Christian Nelson (1858-1929) —
also known as Anders C. Nelson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Denmark,
May
11, 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
work; U.S. Consular Agent in Schiedam, 1903-10; Scheveningen, 1910-11; U.S. Vice Consul in The Hague, as of 1922-29.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Netherlands,
October
26, 1929 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Interment at Begraafplaats Oud Eik en Duinen, Den Haag, Netherlands.
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Andrew Nelson (1837-1921) —
of Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Kristianstad, Sweden,
July
12, 1837.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 34, 1876.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., November
3, 1921 (age 84 years, 114
days).
Interment at Skandian Grove Cemetery, Norseland, Minn.
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John C. Nelson (1847-1924) —
also known as Johann Christian Nielsen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark,
September, 1847.
Physician;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in St.
Paul, Minn., 1896-1907.
Danish ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March
13, 1924 (age 76 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Nelson —
of Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden.
Democrat. Member of Minnesota
state senate 22nd District, 1887-90; candidate for secretary
of state of Minnesota, 1892.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Swan Nelson (1866-1908) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1866.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 42, 1907-08.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in 1908
(age about
42 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Leonard H. Nord (1873-1921) —
of International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
1873.
Real
estate business; member of Minnesota
state senate 62nd District, 1915-21; died in office 1921.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died March 5,
1921 (age about 47
years).
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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Charles W. Odell (1862-1948) —
of Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1862.
Banker;
Kandiyohi
County Sheriff, 1890-1902; member of Minnesota
state senate 55th District, 1911-14; defeated, 1930.
Swedish ancestry.
Died in 1948
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Andrew Olien (b. 1860) —
of Clarkfield, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
1860.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (District 17 1913-14,
District 13 1915-18).
Swedish ancestry.
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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Brynjulf Ostby (1888-1954) —
also known as Bryn Ostby —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
July
6, 1888.
Mayor
of Superior, Wis., 1935-41; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Norway in Duluth,
Minn., 1948-54.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in a hospital
at Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
11, 1954 (age 66 years, 97
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Superior, Wis.
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Oscar S. Paulson (b. 1889) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born near Dalton, Otter Tail
County, Minn., December
12, 1889.
Progressive. Pastor;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1937-40.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) —
also known as Alfred J. Pearson —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Landskrona, Sweden,
September
29, 1869.
Republican. University
professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30.
Lutheran.
Swedish ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died August
9, 1939 (age 69 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Hjalmar Petersen (1890-1968) —
of Askov, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eskildstrup, Denmark,
January
2, 1890.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1926, 1928; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1935-36; Governor of
Minnesota, 1936-37; defeated, 1940, 1942; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1937; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
29, 1968 (age 78 years, 87
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Lutheran Cemetery, Askov, 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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Otto M. Peterson (b. 1877) —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in Cashton, Monroe
County, Wis., May 4,
1877.
Nurseryman,
fruit
grower,
livestock
raiser; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 6, 1917-18.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Ole A. Pikop (b. 1866) —
of Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn.
Born in Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway,
1866.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1915-18.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Gabriel Bie Ravndal (1866-1950) —
also known as G. Bie Ravndal —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Norway,
June
22, 1866.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
publisher; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1893-94;
U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1898-1905; Dawson, 1905-06; U.S. Consul General in Beirut, 1906-10; Constantinople, 1910-17, 1919-24; St. Nazaire, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; Zurich, as of 1926-27; Hamburg, as of 1929; Berlin, 1930.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., March
23, 1950 (age 83 years, 274
days).
Interment at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery, Near Peterson,
Fillmore County, Minn.
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John Andrew Rystrom (b. 1855) —
also known as John A. Rystrom —
of North Branch, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Sweden,
December, 1855.
Republican. Farmer; flour mill
manager; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
member of Minnesota
state senate 56th District, 1915-18.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Rystrom and Christina Rystrom; married 1882 to Ida
Christina Peterson. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Gene A. Saari (1909-1990) —
of Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.
Born in Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 21,
1909.
Democrat. Labor
leader; candidate for Michigan
state senate 32nd District, 1944, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1948; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Lutheran.
Finnish ancestry.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 7,
1990 (age 80 years, 290
days).
Interment at Sugar
Island Cemetery, Sugar Island, Mich.
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Martin Olav Sabo (1938-2016) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Crosby, Divide
County, N.Dak., February
28, 1938.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1961-78; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1979-2007; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1984,
1996,
2000,
2004.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
13, 2016 (age 78 years, 14
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, 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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Henrik Shipstead (1881-1960) —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.; Miltona, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., January
8, 1881.
Dentist;
mayor of Glenwood, Minn., 1911-13; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 47, 1917-18; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1918; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 170
days).
Interment at Kinkead
Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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William Sorensen (1888-1972) —
also known as Vilhelm Sorensen —
of Graceville, Big Stone
County, Minn.
Born in Aarhus (Århus), Denmark,
February
2, 1888.
Farmer;
horse
breeder; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 48, 1953-58.
Lutheran.
Danish ancestry.
Died in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., March 2,
1972 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Graceville Cemetery, Graceville, Minn.
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Henry Steen (b. 1858) —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1858.
Clothing
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2, 1915-18; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1927-28.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Ernest G. Strand (b. 1883) —
of Two Harbors, Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Smaland, Sweden,
August
8, 1883.
Barber;
secretary, North Shore Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; mayor of Two Harbors, Minn., 1916; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives District 57, 1917-18.
Swedish ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Lars Olavsen Teigen (1864-1930) —
also known as Lars O. Teigen —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
November
27, 1864.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1915-26 (District 14
1905-06, District 10 1915-26).
Norwegian ancestry.
Died November
6, 1930 (age 65 years, 344
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Ole Teigen; married to Tilda Olson. |
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memorial |
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Manual 1917 |
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Fremont Jackson Thoe (1858-1941) —
also known as Fremont J. Thoe —
of Oslo, Dodge
County, Minn.; Hayfield, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Vernon Township, Dodge
County, Minn., October
30, 1858.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1889-90; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1911-14, 1923-26 (7th District 1911-14, 5th
District 1923-26).
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Dodge
County, Minn., December
21, 1941 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Interment at West St. Olaf Cemetery, Vernon, Minn.
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Lars O. Thorpe (1847-1921) —
of Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1847.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state senate 55th District, 1903-10; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1904,
1912
(alternate).
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Ramsey
County, Minn., April 7,
1921 (age about 73
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Martha Anderson Qualle. |
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Edward John Thye (1896-1969) —
also known as Edward J. Thye —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born near Frederick, Brown
County, S.Dak., April
26, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1943; Governor of
Minnesota, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1944,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Lutheran.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., August
28, 1969 (age 73 years, 124
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Northfield, Minn.
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Thomas Tollefson (b. 1852) —
of West Concord, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Norway,
1852.
Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1915-18.
Norwegian ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Knud Magnus Wefald (1869-1936) —
also known as Knud Wefald —
of Hawley, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Kragero, Norway,
November
3, 1869.
Lumber
business; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-16 (District 60 1913-14,
District 49 1915-16); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1923-27; defeated
(Farmer-Labor), 1928, 1930; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1933-36; died in office 1936.
Norwegian ancestry.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
25, 1936 (age 66 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hawley
Cemetery, Hawley, Minn.
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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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