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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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Tim Milford Babcock (1919-2015) —
also known as Tim M. Babcock —
of Glendive, Dawson
County, Mont.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Littlefork, Koochiching
County, Minn., October
27, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; organizer,
president, Babcock & Lee Petroleum
Transporters,
Inc.; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-60; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1961-62; Governor of
Montana, 1962-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1966; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1972,
2004,
2008,
2012.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Eagles;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died in Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., April 7,
2015 (age 95 years, 162
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Walter Burges Beals (b. 1876) —
also known as Walter B. Beals —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 21,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; superior court judge in
Washington, 1926-28; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1928-36; appointed 1928.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Burrill Beals and Katharine (McMillan) Beals; married, July 14,
1904, to Othilla Gertrude Carroll. |
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Elmer Austin Benson (1895-1985) —
also known as Elmer A. Benson —
of Appleton, Swift
County, Minn.
Born in Appleton, Swift
County, Minn., September
22, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1935-36; appointed 1935; defeated, 1940,
1942; Governor of
Minnesota, 1937-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March
13, 1985 (age 89 years, 172
days).
Interment at Appleton
Cemetery, Appleton, Minn.
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Frederick Elliott Biermann (1884-1968) —
also known as Fred Biermann —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
20, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Agnostic.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., July 1,
1968 (age 84 years, 103
days). His body was
donated to the Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Arley R. Bjella (1916-2001) —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak., November
16, 1916.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 1956,
1960.
Lutheran.
Member, Theta
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Jaycees;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 21,
2001 (age 84 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asle Bjella and Clara (Bagstad) Bjella; married 1948 to
Beverly Heen. |
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Thomas Robert Byrne (1923-2009) —
also known as Thomas R. Byrne —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 9,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1966-70.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died April 5,
2009 (age 86 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer M. Carr —
of Proctor, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Malta, Morgan
County, Ohio.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; locomotive
engineer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 59, 1933-34; member of
Minnesota
state senate 59th District, 1935-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers.
Burial location unknown.
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Victor Laurence August Christgau (1894-1991) —
also known as Victor Christgau —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., September
20, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1927-29; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1929-33; defeated
(Independent), 1932.
Lutheran.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, from pneumonia,
in George Washington Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
10, 1991 (age 97 years, 20
days).
Interment at St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, St. Paul Park, Minn.
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Albert James Connors (b. 1891) —
also known as Albert J. Connors —
of Barron, Barron
County, Wis.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
13, 1891.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Barron
County District Attorney, 1929; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1932;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 29th District, 1939-42.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Connors and Mary Connors. |
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1940 |
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Edward James Devitt (1911-1992) —
also known as Edward J. Devitt —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 5,
1911.
Republican. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Minnesota, 1935-39; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948; probate judge in Minnesota, 1950-54; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1954-92.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Phi
Delta Phi; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Delta
Sigma Rho; Blue
Key; Knights
of Columbus; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 2,
1992 (age 80 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William B. Dosland (b. 1927) —
also known as Bill Dosland —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born November
10, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the U.S. Navy
during the Korean conflict; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1959-72 (49th District 1959-62, 56th District
1963-72).
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1972.
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Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) —
also known as Orville L. Freeman —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 9,
1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
aide to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960,
1964;
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1950; Governor of
Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952,
1960; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles;
Izaak
Walton League; Sons of
Norway; Purple
Heart; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of Alzheimer's
disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Archie C. Grant (b. 1894) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Ely, St. Louis
County, Minn., March 9,
1894.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 1940; member of Nevada
state senate, 1941-42; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1943-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Grant and Mary (Nolan) Grant; married, August
8, 1921, to Zora Faye Marble. |
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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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Joseph Edward Karth (1922-2005) —
also known as Joseph E. Karth —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Brighton, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
26, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; international
representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers union; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 41, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1959-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died May 29,
2005 (age 82 years, 276
days).
Interment at Green
Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Alexander MacDonald Keith (b. 1928) —
also known as A. M. 'Sandy' Keith —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
22, 1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;
lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1959-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1989-90; chief
justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1990-98.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arthur Bernard Langlie (1900-1966) —
also known as Arthur B. Langlie —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 25,
1900.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1938-41; defeated, 1936; resigned 1941; Governor of
Washington, 1941-45, 1949-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1944,
1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 24,
1966 (age 65 years, 364
days).
Interment at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Kent T. Lundgren (b. 1914) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 7,
1914.
Republican. Pharmacist;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1962-64; defeated, 1956 (30th
District), 1958 (30th District), 1960 (30th District), 1964 (37th
District); delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 30th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; resigned 1962.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Victor Lundgren and Olga (Olson) Lundgren; married to Mildred
Francis New. |
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Warren Grant Magnuson (1905-1989) —
also known as Warren G. Magnuson;
"Maggie" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., April
12, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Washington state constitutional convention, 1933; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-34; King
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1934-36; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1937-44; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1944-81; defeated, 1980; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of Norway; Theta
Chi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 20,
1989 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia
Memorial Park, Lake Forest Park, Wash.
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Louis Adrian Murray —
also known as Louis A. Murray; Louie
Murray —
of East Grand Forks, Polk
County, Minn.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; railway
conductor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1951-62; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1956;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 66-B, 1967-70.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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J. Edward Pearsall (1920-1998) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., April
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1966-76.
Presbyterian.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks.
Died, in Virginia Regional Medical
Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., July 27,
1998 (age 78 years, 98
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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Karl Fritjof Rolvaag (1913-1990) —
also known as Karl F. Rolvaag —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Northfield, Rice
County, Minn., July 18,
1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1946; Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1950-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1955-63; Governor of
Minnesota, 1963-67; defeated, 1966; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1967.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died December
20, 1990 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Paul A. Thuet —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Minnesota
state senate 20th District, 1959; defeated, 1966; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1964.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas William Walsh (b. 1897) —
also known as Thomas W. Walsh —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
27, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard A. Walsh and Margaret (McManus) Walsh; married to Mildred
Stewart. |
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Stanley Washburn (1878-1950) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper
correspondent; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912;
president, Washburn Lignite Coal Co.,
Wilton, N.D., 1926-29; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Delta
Psi; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died in 1950
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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