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John W. Boock (1881-1960) —
of New Ulm, Brown
County, Minn.; Gibbon, Sibley
County, Minn.
Born in Lafayette Township, Nicollet
County, Minn., January
19, 1881.
Son of John H. Boock and Marie (Kiehn) Boock.
Bookkeeper; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 15th District, 1917-18.
Died April 3,
1960 (age 79 years, 75
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Meriden, Minn.
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John A. Johnson (b. 1883) —
of Hancock, Stevens
County, Minn.; Preston, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn., July 9,
1883.
Bookkeeper; grain elevator
manager; hardware store
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1921-31, 1939-47; Speaker of
the Montana State House of Representatives, 1925-26; member of Minnesota
state senate 1st District, 1951; defeated, 1958.
Burial
location unknown.
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Collin Clark Peterson (b. 1944) —
also known as Collin C. Peterson —
of Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., June 29,
1944.
Accountant; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1977-86; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 7th District, 1991-; defeated
(Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1984, 1986; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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George L. Siegel —
of Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Accountant; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 41st District, 1917-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 41st District; elected 1942; defeated, 1958.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Maurice Hubert Stans (1908-1998) —
also known as Maurice H. Stans —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn., March 22,
1908.
Son of J. Hubert Stans and Mathilda (Nyssen) Stans.
Accountant; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72.
Catholic.
Indicted
in 1973, along with John
N. Mitchell, for perjury
and obstruction
over a contribution
from fugitive
financier Robert Vesco to President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign; tried and
acquitted; later pleaded
guilty to five violations of campaign
finance laws and paid a fine of
$5,000.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died five days later, at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April 14,
1998 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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