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Scandinavian ancestry Politicians in Ohio
(Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish)

Par B. Anderson (b. 1868) — also known as P. B. Anderson — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio; Kane, McKean County, Pa.; Caibarien, Cuba. Born in Sweden, March 27, 1868. Naturalized U.S. citizen; lawyer; steamship agent; banker; sugar business; U.S. Consular Agent in Caibarien, 1903-17. Swedish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   John Kristensen Brostuen (1884-1938) — also known as John K. Brostuen; Johannes Kristensen Brostuen — of Alexander, McKenzie County, N.Dak. Born near Ringebu, Norway, August 28, 1884. Republican. Farmer; rancher; newspaper editor and publisher; member of North Dakota state senate, 1920; North Dakota Republican state chair, 1937-38. Norwegian ancestry. Died in an airplane crash near Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 1938 (age about 53 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Williston, N.Dak.   Relatives: Married to Anna Brostuen.   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.   Relatives: Married 1935 to Elizabeth Turner.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   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.   Relatives: Son of Lauritz Petersen and Anna Petersen; married 1914 to Rigmor Christine Laursen Wosgaard; married 1934 to Medora Belle Grandprey.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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