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

Alef O. Arneson (1856-1938) — also known as A. O. Arneson — of Hazel, Hamlin County, S.Dak.; Hayti, Hamlin County, S.Dak. Born in Lom, Norway, December 26, 1856. Farmer; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 30th District, 1891-92; member of South Dakota state senate 27th District, 1899-1900, 1909-12. Norwegian ancestry. Died in Hidalgo County, Tex., June 27, 1938 (age 81 years, 183 days). Interment at New Hope Cemetery, Hayti, S.Dak.   Relatives: Married, November 18, 1882, to Mary Hanson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1921-2006) — also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen — of Houston, Harris County, Tex.; Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Mission, Hidalgo County, Tex., February 11, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S. Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1980; member, Arrangements Committee, 1984; speaker, 1988; president, Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Company; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1988; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94. Baptist or Presbyterian. Danish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu; Elks. Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., May 23, 2006 (age 85 years, 101 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen; married, November 27, 1943, to Beryl Ann Longino; uncle of Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr..   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Emil Hurja (1892-1953) — of Breckenridge, Stephens County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich. Born in Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich., January 22, 1892. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1936; candidate in Republican primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948. Finnish ancestry. Member, American Political Science Association; American Economic Association; Sigma Delta Chi. Suffered a heart attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., May 30, 1953 (age 61 years, 128 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Married 1919 to Gudrun Anderson.   See also Wikipedia article   Jens Möller (1846-1930) — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in Skagen, Denmark, April 1, 1846. Ship's officer; shipbroker; Vice-Consul for Russia in Galveston, Tex., 1879-1903; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Galveston, Tex., 1882-96, 1900-07; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1911-12. Danish ancestry. Died in a hospital at Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex., February 20, 1930 (age 83 years, 325 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Evergreen Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.   Relatives: Married to Josephine Hamilton Wilson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Swante Palm (1815-1899) — also known as Swen Jaensson — of La Grange, Fayette County, Tex.; Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Sweden, January 31, 1815. Republican. Bookkeeper; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Austin, Tex., 1866-99; postmaster at Austin, Tex., 1869-72. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., June 22, 1899 (age 84 years, 142 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Married 1854 to Agnes Christina Alm.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Handbook of Texas Online

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