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Pharmaceutical Industry Politicians in Minnesota
including Druggists and Pharmacists


  Christian J. Amble (1874-1947) — of Manzano, Torrance County, N.M.; Mountainair, Torrance County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Minnesota, 1874. Republican. Physician; druggist; Torrance County Treasurer, 1912; Torrance County Health Officer, 1931; member of New Mexico Republican State Committee, 1934; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1936; member of New Mexico state house of representatives; elected 1938. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Modern Woodmen of America. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., January 30, 1947 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.
  L. D. Brown (b. 1866) — of Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn. Born in Brownton (unknown county), Pa., April 12, 1866. Druggist; member of Maryland state house of delegates 48th District, 1909-12; member of Minnesota state house of representatives 53rd District, 1917-18. Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  R. O. Craig (born c.1834) — of Janesville, Waseca County, Minn. Born in New York, about 1834. Democrat. Pharmacist; member of Minnesota state senate 11th District, 1883-86, 1891-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1888. Burial location unknown.
  Frank L. Glotzbach (born c.1873) — of Faribault, Rice County, Minn. Born in Allegheny County, Pa., about 1873. Pharmacist; mayor of Faribault, Minn.; member of Minnesota state senate, 1907-18 (28th District 1907-14, 18th District 1915-18). Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. (1911-1978) — also known as Hubert H. Humphrey; "H.H.H."; "The Happy Warrior"; "The Hump" — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Wallace, Codington County, S.Dak., May 27, 1911. Son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey. Pharmacist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1945-48; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1949-64, 1971-78; died in office 1978; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1960, 1972; Vice President of the United States, 1965-69; Democratic candidate for President of the United States, 1968. Congregationalist. English and Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Council on Foreign Relations; Knights of Pythias; Americans for Democratic Action; American Federation of Teachers. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980. Died, of cancer, at Waverly, Wright County, Minn., January 13, 1978 (age 66 years, 231 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Hubert Horatio Humphrey and Christine (Sannes) Humphrey; brother of Ralph W. Humphrey; married, September 3, 1936, to Muriel Fay Buck; father of Hubert Horatio Humphrey III; grandfather of Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV. See Humphrey family of Minnesota.
  Cross-reference: Orville L. Freeman — Cyril E. King — Arthur Naftalin — John Bartlow Martin
  Campaign slogan (1960): "The vision of Roosevelt — the intellect of Stevenson — the courage of Truman."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Hubert H. Humphrey: The Education of a Public Man : My Life and Politics
  Books about Hubert H. Humphrey: Carl Solberg, Hubert Humphrey : A Biography (out of print) — Edgar Berman, Hubert : The Triumph and Tragedy of the Humphrey I Knew (out of print) — Paul. Westman, Hubert H. Humphrey : The Politics of Joy (out of print)
  Kent T. Lundgren (b. 1914) — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., July 7, 1914. Son of Victor Lundgren and Olga (Olson) Lundgren. 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. Still living as of 1964.
  Relatives: Married to Mildred Francis New.
  Wallace George Nye (1859-1926) — also known as Wallace G. Nye — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Hortonville, Outagamie County, Wis., October 17, 1859. Republican. Pharmacist; mayor of Minneapolis, Minn., 1913-17. Died March 4, 1926 (age 66 years, 138 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harold R. Popp — of Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn. Born near Hutchinson, McLeod County, Minn. Pharmacist; member of Minnesota state senate 22nd District; elected 1958. Still living as of 1959.
  Joseph Vadheim — of Tyler, Lincoln County, Minn. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; druggist; member of Minnesota state senate 12th District, 1959. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

 

 


 
   
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