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Charles Edward Adams (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles E. Adams; Charlie
Adams —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1867.
Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1915-36; died in office 1936; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1929-31.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1936 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Bruce W. Anderson (b. 1948) —
also known as "Buzz" —
of Slayton, Murray
County, Minn.
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., January
17, 1948.
Democrat. School teacher; newspaper
reporter; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1977-84 (District 26-A 1977-82,
District 28-A 1983-84).
Lutheran.
Still living as of 1984.
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Dagmar Irene Anderson (1898-1989) —
also known as Dagmar Anderson; Dagmar Irene
Cassel —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 21,
1898.
Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960;
chair
of Hennepin County Republican Party, 1963-67.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died October
8, 1989 (age 91 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Rev. Carl Oscar Cassel and Ellen (Benson) Cassel;
married, June 16,
1926, to Dr. Ernest R. Anderson. |
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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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Tracy L. Beckman (b. 1945) —
of Bricelyn, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born January
7, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; hardware
store owner; corn
processing plant manager; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1987-99 (29th District 1987-91, 26th District
1992-99); resigned 1999; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1998.
Still living as of 1999.
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James Adam Bede (1856-1942) —
also known as J. Adam Bede —
of Pine City, Pine
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Eaton Township, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
13, 1856.
Republican. School teacher; printer;
newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1903-09; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 58, 1931-32.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April
11, 1942 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Interment at Birchwood
Cemetery, Pine City, Minn.
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Clifford L. Benedict (1862-1926) —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in Wisconsin, October
1, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
school principal; member of Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1899-1902; postmaster at Mankato,
Minn., 1902-07.
Died in 1926
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Anton Blatnik (1911-1991) —
also known as John A. Blatnik —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
17, 1911.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 60th District, 1941-46; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1947-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1963.
Died, from heart
failure, in Forest Heights, Prince
George's County, Md., December
17, 1991 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chisholm, Minn.
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John E. Boland (1937-2015) —
of Maplewood, Ramsey
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
1, 1937.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-73 (District 50-A 1971-72,
District 50-B 1973); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1976.
Died September
2, 2015 (age 78 years, 32
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Thomas Canty (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in London, England,
April
25, 1854.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1894-99.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968) —
also known as A. S. J. Carnahan —
of Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo.
Born near Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo., January
9, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher and principal; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61;
defeated, 1942, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Mayo
Clinic hospital, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
24, 1968 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville (now Warrensville Heights), Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 19, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March
25, 1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Fred A. Curtis (1899-1972) —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Stillwater Township, Washington
County, Minn., July 4,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 20, 1933-34; candidate
for Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1934; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1940.
Died April
11, 1972 (age 72 years, 282
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery, Bayport, Minn.
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George William Dealand (b. 1850) —
also known as George W. Dealand —
of Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1850.
School principal; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1915-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Deming (b. 1896) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 28,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal;
real
estate and insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Donovan (b. 1868) —
also known as Andy Donovan —
of Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Green Isle, Sibley
County, Minn., December
25, 1868.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer; livestock
shipping business; manufacturer of drain tile
and cement
products; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 21, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Marion Eddy (1856-1929) —
also known as Frank M. Eddy —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.; Sauk Centre, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Olmsted
County, Minn., April 1,
1856.
Republican. School teacher; Pope
County District Court Clerk, 1884-93; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1895-1903; newspaper
editor and publisher.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., January
13, 1929 (age 72 years, 287
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Sauk Centre, Minn.
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Bernhard Kent Eken (b. 1963) —
also known as Kent Eken —
of Twin Valley, Norman
County, Minn.
Born December
12, 1963.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 2-A, 2003-12; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2008;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 2013-.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2016.
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George A. Farr (b. 1924) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher and principal; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1958; executive secretary, Gov. Orville
Freeman, 1959-60; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair,
1961-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Farr and Ruth (Townley) Farr; married, February
22, 1945, to Patricia Dunlap Sorlie. |
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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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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
30, 1890.
Republican. School teacher; general manager and
vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines,
Ltd.; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange;
Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Suffered a head injury in an automobile
collision, and died the next day, in Hurley Hospital,
Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Interment at Crystal
Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Karl Frederick Grittner (b. 1922) —
also known as Karl F. Grittner —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., November
22, 1922.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 39, 1953-58; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1959-70 (39th District 1959-62, 46th District
1963-66, 43rd District 1967-70).
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin F. Grussendorf (b. 1942) —
of Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in Minnesota, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1981-; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1985-88, 1991-92.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1992.
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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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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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Lyle W. Hanks (1930-2012) —
of St. Louis Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn., August
28, 1930.
School teacher; athletic
coach; mayor
of St. Louis Park, Minn., 1982-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla., November
2, 2012 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert L. Hanson (1854-1938) —
of Hillsboro, Traill
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.; Ada, Norman
County, Minn.
Born in Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
28, 1854.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1907-18 (61st District 1907-14, 64th District
1915-18); delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota,
1912.
Died July 23,
1938 (age 83 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Prescott Heatwole (1856-1910) —
also known as Joel P. Heatwole —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.
Born in Waterford Mills, Elkhart
County, Ind., August
22, 1856.
Republican. School teacher; printer;
newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1888;
Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1890; mayor
of Northfield, Minn., 1894; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1895-1903; defeated,
1892.
Died in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., April 4,
1910 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Northfield, Minn.
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Mark William Holsten (b. 1965) —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born September
6, 1965.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1993-2003 (District 56-A
1993-2002, District 52-B 2003); Minnesota Commissioner of Natural
Resources, 2007-11.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2011.
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Frank Hopkins (1877-1959) —
of Fairfax, Renville
County, Minn.
Born in Cairo Township, Renville
County, Minn., November
7, 1877.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 22, 1911-14; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1930.
Died July 22,
1959 (age 81 years, 257
days).
Interment at Fort Ridgely Cemetery, Nicollet County, Minn.
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Elizabeth Ireland (1881-1970) —
of Havre, Hill
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Kalispell, Flathead
County, Mont.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., April 5,
1881.
Republican. School teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; Montana
superintendent of public instruction, 1929-37, 1941-49.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women.
Died July 30,
1970 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Parkers Prairie Cemetery, Parkers Prairie, Minn.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Philip Scott Ireland and Margaret (Chrechton)
Ireland. |
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memorial |
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Joel Jacobs (b. 1932) —
of Coon Rapids, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Pelican Rapids, Otter Tail
County, Minn., March
31, 1932.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1973-95 (District 47-A 1973-82,
District 49-B 1983-95).
Catholic.
Still living as of 1995.
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Jacob N. Jacobson (1867-1942) —
of Hills, Rock
County, Minn.
Born in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, August
5, 1867.
School teacher; merchant;
banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 11, 1919-26; candidate
for Minnesota
state senate 11th District, 1930.
Died in 1942
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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C. A. Johnson (1893-1977) —
also known as Gus Johnson; "Little
Gus" —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in 1893.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; lawyer; Blue
Earth County Attorney, 1930-38; candidate for Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1946, 1950; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1963-72 (District 11 1963-66,
District 11-A 1967-72).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died May 3,
1977 (age about 83
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry A. Johnson (b. 1894) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., 1894.
School principal; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1927-32.
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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Tony Kielkucki (b. 1951) —
of Lester Prairie, McLeod
County, Minn.; Winsted, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born July 11,
1951.
Republican. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1997-2003 (District 20-B
1997-2002, District 18-A 2003); resigned 2003; Deputy Minnesota
Secretary of State, 2003.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2003.
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Coya Gjesdal Knutson (1912-1996) —
also known as Coya Knutson; Cornelia Genevive
Gjesdal —
of Oklee, Red Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Edmore, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., August
22, 1912.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 65, 1951-54; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1955-59.
Female.
Died of kidney
failure at nursing
home in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1996 (age 84 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Leonard (b. 1865) —
of Millville, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in Wabasha
County, Minn., 1865.
Superintendent of schools; farmer;
director and vice-president, Plainview Farmers; Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 3, 1915-20.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Samuel Lord (1831-1880) —
also known as Sam Lord —
of Marion Township, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Mantorville, Dodge
County, Minn.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., July 26,
1831.
Republican. Lawyer; surveyor;
school teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 8, 1857-58; member of Minnesota
state senate 15th District, 1866-67, 1870-71; district judge in
Minnesota 5th District, 1872-80.
Died February
12, 1880 (age 48 years, 201
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Mantorville, Minn.
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of
the Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March
20, 1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Evelyn Silliman Malone (1905-1981) —
also known as Evelyn Malone; Evelyn I. Silliman;
Mrs. M. W. Malone —
of Windom, Cottonwood
County, Minn.
Born in Windom, Cottonwood
County, Minn., December
25, 1905.
Democrat. School teacher; librarian;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1960-62.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Order of the
Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Struck
by a car while walking in Sun City, Arizona, and died soon after,
in a hospital
at Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., February
18, 1981 (age 75 years, 55
days).
Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Windom, Minn.
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John Henry Eugene McAndrews (1884-1970) —
also known as John H. E. McAndrews —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., July 1,
1884.
School teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Cork, 1918-21; Frankfort, 1921-22; Bucharest, 1922-30; Nassau, 1939-45.
Catholic.
Died in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., November
11, 1970 (age 86 years, 133
days).
Interment at Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Owatonna, Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Angelo McAndrew and Mary Ann (Hand) McAndrew; married, August
19, 1918, to Rosa G. Kennedy. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1921) |
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March
29, 1916.
Democrat. School teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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James Thompson McCleary (1853-1924) —
also known as James T. McCleary —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Maiden Rock, Pierce
County, Wis.
Born in Ingersoll, Ontario,
February
5, 1853.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1893-1907; defeated,
1906.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., December
17, 1924 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Maiden Rock, Wis.
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John Henry McKee (b. 1909) —
also known as John H. McKee —
of Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn.
Born in Bemidji, Beltrami
County, Minn., November
10, 1909.
School teacher; funeral
director; motel
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 62, 1951-54; member of
Minnesota
state senate, 1955-66 (62nd District 1955-62, 64th District
1963-66).
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James H. McNiven (b. 1878) —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Wentworth County, Ontario,
December
10, 1878.
School teacher; real estate
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1917-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Metcalf —
of Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.
Automobile
dealer; superintendent of schools; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1955-62, 1967-72 (21st District 1955-62, 14th
District 1967-72).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger D. Moe (b. 1944) —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.; Erskine, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., June 2,
1944.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1971-2002 (66th District 1971-72, 2nd District
1973-2002); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1998; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 2002.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2007.
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Joseph J. Moriarity (1884-1963) —
of Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., March
23, 1884.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 26, 1911-12; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1930; candidate for
Governor
of Minnesota, 1934.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
2, 1963 (age 78 years, 316
days).
Interment at Shakopee Catholic Cemetery, Shakopee, Minn.
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Patrick W. Morrison (1866-1935) —
of Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn.
Born in Sibley
County, Minn., March
12, 1866.
School teacher; lawyer; Carver
County Attorney, 1894-1902; district judge in Minnesota 8th
District, 1904-17; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1931-35; died in office 1935.
Died in Norwood (now part of Norwood Young America), Carver
County, Minn., August
12, 1935 (age 69 years, 153
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Catherine Murphy —
also known as Mary Murphy —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Hermantown, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1964
(alternate), 1984;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1977-2018 (District 14-B 1977-82,
District 8-A 1983-2002, District 6-B 2003-12, District 3-B 2013-18).
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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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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Martin W. Odland (b. 1875) —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., 1875.
School teacher and principal; newspaper
editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 50, 1917-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick H. O'Keefe (1870-1924) —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Welch, Goodhue
County, Minn., March
15, 1870.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 20, 1921-22.
Died in 1924
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles A. Peterson (b. 1884) —
of Rosendale, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Harris, Chisago
County, Minn., April
12, 1884.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Fond du Lac County 2nd District; elected
1948, 1950; elected unopposed 1952.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Edward P. Peterson (b. 1855) —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.
Born in Goodhue
County, Minn., 1855.
Farmer;
school teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-18, 1923-26 (23rd District 1911-14, 26th
District 1915-18, 1923-26).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Elias S. Pettijohn (b. 1848) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pottsville, Union
County, Ill., February
1, 1848.
Superintendent of schools; Nicollet
County Auditor; Minnesota
state treasurer, 1910-11.
Burial location unknown.
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H. A. Putnam (b. 1865) —
of Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Sherburne
County, Minn., 1865.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-22 (District 59 1909-14,
District 50 1915-22).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Mae Schunk —
of Minnesota.
School teacher; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1999-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Conrad George Selvig (1877-1953) —
also known as Conrad G. Selvig; C. G.
Selvig —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
11, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school teacher; superintendent of schools; director,
agricultural experiment station for University of Minnesota; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1932.
Died August
2, 1953 (age 75 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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John J. Sliter (b. 1873) —
of Houston, Houston
County, Minn.
Born near Spring Green, Sauk
County, Wis., 1873.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 1, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Sam Solon (1931-2001) —
also known as "Senator Sam" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1931.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his
ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; reprimanded
by the Senate in 1996.
Died, of liver
cancer, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
28, 2001 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John D. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Peterborough, Ontario,
November
25, 1862.
School teacher; lawyer; Stearns
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-28 (47th District 1911-14, 45th District
1915-28).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886 to
Elizabeth M. Schmidt. |
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Manual 1917 |
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John Ephraim Swanger (1864-1936) —
also known as John E. Swanger —
of Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo.
Born in Milan, Sullivan
County, Mo., June 22,
1864.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Sullivan County, 1893-96;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1905-09.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
19, 1936 (age 72 years, 119
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Milan, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Jefferson Swanger and Sarah Ann (Camp) Swanger; married to Norma
Fay Eubanks. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1907 |
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Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) —
also known as Lauritz S. Swenson —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New Sweden, Nicollet
County, Minn., June 12,
1865.
Republican. School principal; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908
(alternate); U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1897-1905, resigned 1905; Switzerland, 1910-11; Norway, 1911-13, 1921-30; Netherlands, 1931-34.
Lutheran.
Died, of heart
disease, in a hospital
at Oslo, Norway,
November
3, 1947 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Interment at Norseland
Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Arthur Edwin Thompson (b. 1891) —
also known as Arthur E. Thompson —
of Washburn, McLean
County, N.Dak.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born September
19, 1891.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal;
superintendent of schools; North
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1933-46; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1946.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asiak Thompson and Inger (Bergstad) Thompson; married, July 2,
1921, to Emma Siverson. |
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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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Harry L. Wahlstrand (b. 1890) —
of Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Kandiyohi
County, Minn., 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 25, 1930; member of Minnesota
state senate 25th District, 1939-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Timothy James Walz (b. 1964) —
also known as Tim Walz —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in West Point, Cuming
County, Neb., April 6,
1964.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Still living as of 2018.
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Charles H. Warner (b. 1866) —
of Aitkin, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Born in Indiana, August, 1866.
Republican. School teacher; newspaper
publisher; real estate
business; secretary of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1904; superintendent, Minnesota state
immigration department, 1905-06; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-22 (District 52 1911-14,
District 54 1915-22); 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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Gebhard Willrich (1853-1925) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Gilten, Lower Saxony (now Germany),
May
27, 1853.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; school teacher; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 27, 1889-90; probate
judge in Minnesota, 1895-99; U.S. Consul in Saint John, 1905-09; Quebec City, 1909-17; St. Gall, 1924.
Died December
1, 1925 (age 72 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Matthew Zwach (1907-1990) —
also known as John M. Zwach —
of Walnut Grove, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Gales Township, Redwood
County, Minn., February
8, 1907.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-46; member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1947-65; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1967-75; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1968.
Died November
11, 1990 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Milroy, Minn.
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