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Albert Joseph Adams (b. 1894) —
also known as Al J. Adams —
of Sisseton, Roberts
County, S.Dak.
Born in Minnesota, December
19, 1894.
Son of Michael Adams and Rose (Cook) Adams.
Republican. Printing
business; newspaper
publisher; chair of
Roberts County Republican Party, 1926-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Dakota, 1932;
Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Grace Marguerite Woodworth. |
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Byron Gilchrist Allen (1901-1988) —
also known as Byron G. Allen —
of Pocahontas, Pocahontas
County, Iowa; Detroit Lakes, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Laurens, Pocahontas
County, Iowa, September
13, 1901.
Son of Joseph Holmes Allen and Grace (Gilchrist) Allen.
Farmer;
newspaper
editor; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1927-32; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1940; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1944,
1952;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1944; candidate for Minnesota
state senate, 1946, 1950; member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-55; Minnesota
Commissioner of Agriculture, 1955-61; assistant U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture, 1961-69.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Freemasons.
Died June 10,
1988 (age 86 years, 271
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Art B. Anderson (1891-1978) —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born near Clarkfield, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn., May 15,
1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; oil jobber;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1941-46;
member of South
Dakota state senate, 1947-48, 1951-70 (7th District 1947-48,
1951-66, 11th District 1967-70); President
pro tempore of the South Dakota State Senate, 1957-58.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in January, 1978
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jennie E. Jackson. |
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Victor Emanuel Anderson (b. 1883) —
also known as Victor E. Anderson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Wheaton, Traverse
County, Minn., May 27,
1883.
Son of Ole Anderson and Mary Sophia (Johnson) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Traverse
County Attorney, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1937-48.
Lutheran.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Henry Angstman (1888-1964) —
also known as Albert H. Angstman —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Farmington, Dakota
County, Minn., March 23,
1888.
Son of Jacob H. Angstman and Emma (Trout) Angstman.
Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1929-35, 1937-43.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Kiwanis.
Died in Lewis and
Clark County, Mont., February
29, 1964 (age 75 years, 343
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Julian Orlando Asbjornson (1911-1990) —
also known as J. O. Boots Asbjornson —
of Winifred, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Minneota, Lyon
County, Minn., January
18, 1911.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1960-74.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., August 6,
1990 (age 79 years, 200
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Winifred
Cemetery, Winifred, Mont.
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Tim M. Babcock (b. 1919) —
of Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.; Billings, Yellowstone
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Littlefork, Koochiching
County, Minn., August
27, 1919.
Son of Erwin H. Babcock and Olive Mary (Reinhart) Babcock.
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.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Eagles; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2008.
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Joseph Bahorski (b. 1882) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn., March 10,
1882.
Republican. Bakery
business; lawyer;
member of Michigan
state senate, 1923-28 (2nd District 1923-26, 3rd District
1927-28); defeated in primary, 1928, 1932.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Civitan;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Gilbert Bainbridge (1885-1936) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
4, 1885.
Son of Alexander Gilbert Bainbridge and Ida Prescott (Stewart)
Bainbridge.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; advertising
agent with Barnum & Bailey and other circuses;
manager of Shubert Theater
in Minneapolis, and of traveling
road shows; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 14,
1936 (age 50 years, 192
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of James Burrill Beals and Katharine (McMillan) Beals.
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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Ole C. Beck (1856-1930) —
of Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Vangs Prestegjaeld, Hedemarken, Norway,
August
7, 1856.
Mayor
of Moorhead, Minn., 1913-15.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died of diabetes,
in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., March 26,
1930 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at Prairie
Home Cemetery, Moorhead, Minn.
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Robert Cook Bell (1880-1964) —
also known as Robert C. Bell —
of Detroit, Becker
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Harrisonville, Cass
County, Mo., November
1, 1880.
Son of John David Bell and Anne (Mercer) Bell.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1924;
candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1924; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1929-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1933-61; took senior status 1961.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks.
Died March 17,
1964 (age 83 years, 137
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Thomas Helga Benson and Dora (Jacobsen) Benson.
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.
Son of E. E. Biermann and Martha Biermann.
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); body
donated to Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Albert W. Bigelow (b. 1864) —
of Andover, Day
County, S.Dak.
Born in Winona
County, Minn., April 14,
1864.
Republican. Farmer;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 34th District, 1903-04.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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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.
Son of Asle Bjella and Clara (Bagstad) Bjella.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from North Dakota, 1948
(alternate), 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:
Married 1948
to Beverly Heen. |
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Henry Bordewich (1844-1912) —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.
Born in Vaagan, Norway,
January
19, 1844.
Son of John P. Bordewich and Leonharde (Linkhausen) Bordewich.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Navy during
the Civil War; Yellow
Medicine County Auditor, 1874-88; candidate for Minnesota
state treasurer, 1884; postmaster;
U.S. Consul in Christiania, 1897-1900; U.S. Consul General in Christiania, 1900-12, died in office 1912.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway,
March
19, 1912 (age 68 years, 60
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1869
to Bergithe Severinson. |
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Charles J. Buell (1865-1938) —
of Rapid City, Pennington
County, S.Dak.
Born in Lake City, Wabasha
County, Minn., November
1, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for South Dakota, 1892;
Pennington
County State's Attorney, 1903-06; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 45th District, 1919-24;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died July 23,
1938 (age 72 years, 264
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Gerhard J. Bundlie (1889-1966) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., October
26, 1889.
Son of Ole G. Bundlie and Gertrude (Brusegard) Bundlie.
Lawyer;
mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1930-32.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
8, 1966 (age 76 years, 105
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Quentin Northrop Burdick (1908-1992) —
also known as Quentin N. Burdick; "King of
Pork" —
of Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Munich, Cavalier
County, N.Dak., June 19,
1908.
Son of Usher
Lloyd Burdick and Emma Robertson Burdick.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1942; candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1946; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1959-60; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92; defeated, 1956; died in
office 1992.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles.
Died, from heart
disease, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., September
8, 1992 (age 84 years, 81
days).
Interment at Bohemian
Cemetery, Silver Lake, Minn.
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Usher Lloyd Burdick (1879-1960) —
also known as Usher L. Burdick —
of Williston, Williams
County, N.Dak.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., February
21, 1879.
Son of Ozias W. Burdick and Lucy (Farnum) Burdick.
Republican. Member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1907-09; Lieutenant
Governor of North Dakota, 1911-12; Williams
County State's Attorney, 1913; law partner of ex-Gov. John
Burke in 1920s; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1935-45, 1949-59;
defeated, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Sons of
the American Revolution; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
19, 1960 (age 81 years, 180
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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George Burnham (1868-1939) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in London, England,
December
28, 1868.
Son of James Burnham and Maria Ann Drucilla (Steele) Burnham.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; retail shoe
business; real estate
business; banker; U.S.
Representative from California 20th District, 1933-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from California, 1936.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., June 28,
1939 (age 70 years, 182
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Gordon Hubert Butler (1889-1964) —
also known as Gordon H. Butler —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Scipio, Jennings
County, Ind., February
10, 1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; general
contractor; member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1950-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; American
Legion; Rotary; Elks.
Died, of pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August 1,
1964 (age 75 years, 173
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Johnston B. Campbell (b. 1868) —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., August 5,
1868.
Son of Hugh Campbell and Lucinda (Fee) Campbell.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1921-30.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan (1897-1968) —
also known as A. S. J. Carnahan —
of Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo.
Born near Ellsinore, Carter
County, Mo., January
9, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school teacher
and principal; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1945-47, 1949-61;
defeated, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone, 1961-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in the Mayo Clinic Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March 24,
1968 (age 71 years, 75
days).
Interment at Carson
Hill Cemetery, Near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo.
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Son of Enos Chatfield (1782-1858) and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield
(1782-1857).
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Member, Freemasons.
Chatfield, Minnesota, is named for
him.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Christianson (1883-1948) —
of Dawson, Lac qui
Parle County, Minn.
Born in Lac qui
Parle County, Minn., September
12, 1883.
Son of Robert Christianson and Emma (Ronning) Christianson.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 24th District, 1915-25; Governor of
Minnesota, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1933-37 (at-large 1933-35, 5th
District 1935-37); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Theta
Chi; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dawson, Lac qui
Parle County, Minn., December
9, 1948 (age 65 years, 88
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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Charles Andrew Christopherson (1871-1951) —
also known as Charles A. Christopherson —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Amherst, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 23,
1871.
Son of Knudt Christopherson and Julia (Nelson) Christopherson.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1913-16; Speaker of
the South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1915-16; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1919-33; delegate
to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1944.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., November
2, 1951 (age 80 years, 102
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak.
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Frank Clague (1865-1952) —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Warrensville, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 13,
1865.
Son of Philip Clague and Catherine (Brew) Clague.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Redwood
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1895-1902; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1905; member of Minnesota
state senate 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota
9th District, 1918-20; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1921-33.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn., March 25,
1952 (age 86 years, 256
days).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Earl S. Coe (b. 1892) —
of Bingen, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
12, 1892.
Son of Scott Coe and Cora (Harvell) Coe.
Democrat. Fruit
grower; lumberman;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1939-44; member of Washington
state senate 16th District, 1945-47; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1946; Washington
Democratic state chair, 1946-48; secretary of
state of Washington, 1947-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1948;
director of conservation, State of Washington, 1957.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885) —
also known as "The Christian Statesman";
"Smiler" —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 23,
1823.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Indiana, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1855-69; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1863-69; Vice
President of the United States, 1869-73; candidate for Republican
nomination for Vice President, 1872.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., January
13, 1885 (age 61 years, 296
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
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Paul Harvey Cunningham (1890-1961) —
also known as Paul Cunningham —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Indiana
County, Pa., June 15,
1890.
Son of Robert Harvey Cunningham and Sarah Jane (McQuaide) Cunningham.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1933-36; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1941-59 (6th District 1941-43, 5th
District 1943-59); defeated, 1958.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Moose.
Died in Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn., July 16,
1961 (age 71 years, 31
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Charles Milby Dale (1893-1978) —
also known as Charles M. Dale —
of Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., March 8,
1893.
Son of Fred Vernon Dale and Maud (Paine) Dale.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Portsmouth, N.H., 1926-27, 1943-44; member of New
Hampshire state senate 24th District, 1933-36, 1939-40; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1948;
member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1937-38; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1945-49; president, WHEB radio
station.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a nursing
home at Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
28, 1978 (age 85 years, 204
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Browns Valley, Minn.
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Henry Martin Daniel (1829-1908) —
also known as Henry M. Daniel —
of Fillmore
County, Minn.; North Yamhill, Yamhill
County, Ore.
Born in Danville,
Va., March 26,
1829.
Son of William Daniel and Lucinda (Miller) Daniel.
Democrat. Sawmill and
grist mill
owner; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1873.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died four days later, in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., December
16, 1908 (age 79 years, 265
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, McMinnville, Ore.
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John Edward Davis (1913-1990) —
also known as John E. Davis —
of McClusky, Sheridan
County, N.Dak.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 18,
1913.
Son of James Ellsworth Davis (1875-1959) and Helen (Wilson) Davis
(1879-1970).
Republican. Rancher;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; banker;
mayor of McClusky, N.D., 1946-52; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1952-56; Governor of
North Dakota, 1957-61; delegate to Republican National Convention
from North Dakota, 1960;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1960, 1964 (primary); national
commander, American Legion, 1967-68.
Member, American
Legion; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., May 12,
1990 (age 77 years, 24
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bismarck, N.Dak.
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George William Dealand (b. 1850) —
also known as George W. Dealand —
of Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in New Hampshire, 1850.
School
principal; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 11th District, 1915-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) —
also known as William O. Douglas —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Goose Prairie, Yakima
County, Wash.
Born in Maine, Otter Tail
County, Minn., October
16, 1898.
Son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; law
professor; member, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39; chair, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1937-39; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1939-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; United
World Federalists; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
19, 1980 (age 81 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Douglas and Julia Bickford (Fiske) Douglas; married, August
16, 1923, to Mildred M. Riddle; married 1966 to
Kathleen Heffernan. |
| | | Cross-reference: Warren
Christopher |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by William O. Douglas: Of
Men and Mountains (1982) — My
wilderness: east to Katahdin (1961) — Go
East, Young Man (1974) — The
Court Years, 1939 to 1975: The Autobiography of William O.
Douglas (1980) |
| | | Books about William O. Douglas: Bruce
Allen Murphy, Wild
Bill : The Legend and Life of William O. Douglas —
Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution — James F. Simon, Independent
Journey: The Life of William O. Douglas |
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Stanley Morton Doyle (b. 1898) —
of Polson, Lake
County, Mont.
Born in Revere, Redwood
County, Minn., February
4, 1898.
Son of Francis Patrick Doyle and Elizabeth A. (Bodenhofer) Doyle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Clarence Dworshak (1894-1962) —
also known as Henry C. Dworshak —
of Burley, Cassia
County, Idaho.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
29, 1894.
Son of Henry Dworshak and Julia (Ohotto) Dworshak.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Idaho 2nd District, 1939-46; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1946-49, 1949-62; defeated, 1948; died in
office 1962; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho,
1948,
1960.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1962 (age 67 years, 328
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) —
also known as Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O.
Eberhart —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died December
6, 1944 (age 74 years, 166
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chicago, Ill.
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George Egbert (1820-1908) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., November
15, 1820.
Merchant;
farmer;
steamboat
business; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1875-76, 1877-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
22, 1908 (age 87 years, 281
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Sarah Savery. |
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Franklin Fowler Ellsworth (1879-1942) —
also known as Franklin F. Ellsworth —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.; Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn., July 10,
1879.
Son of Clinton Ellsworth and Louise (Manning) Ellsworth.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
Watonwan
County Attorney, 1905-08; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1934.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans; Phi
Gamma Delta; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., December
23, 1942 (age 63 years, 166
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Jeremiah E. Finch (b. 1829) —
of Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Woodstock, Ontario,
November
22, 1829.
Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1866-67.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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LeRoy Albert Foot (b. 1882) —
also known as L. A. Foot —
of Kalispell, Flathead
County, Mont.; Fort Peck, Valley
County, Mont.
Born in Melrose, Stearns
County, Minn., September
9, 1882.
Son of Loren S. Foot and Sadie M. (Trace) Foot.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Montana
state attorney general, 1924-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Treyanne Francis (1870-1929) —
also known as William T. Francis —
of Minnesota.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., March 26,
1870.
Son of James Francis and Harriet (Taylor) Francis.
Republican. Lawyer;
worked in legal department of railroad;
member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1914; Presidential Elector
for Minnesota, 1920;
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1927-29, died in office 1929; U.S. Consul General in
Monrovia, 1927-29, died in office 1929.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP; Urban
League; Sigma Pi
Phi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in Liberia,
July
15, 1929 (age 59 years, 111
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Allen John Furlow (1890-1954) —
also known as Allen J. Furlow —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., November
9, 1890.
Son of Samuel C. Furlow and Lillie (Jones) Furlow.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1923-26; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1925-29.
Member, Freemasons; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died January
29, 1954 (age 63 years, 81
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Rochester, Minn.
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David Gilman (1812-1885) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; Watab, Benton
County, Minn.
Born in New York, April 29,
1812.
Democrat. Livery
business; hotelier;
farmer;
Benton
County Sheriff, 1849-51; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 6th District, 1851; postmaster.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Watab, Benton
County, Minn., May 9,
1885 (age 73 years, 10
days).
Interment at Benton
County Cemetery, Sauk Rapids, Minn.
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George Girrbach (1890-1948) —
of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa
County, Mich.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 30,
1890.
Republican. School
teacher; general manager and vice-president, Soo Creamery;
secretary, Rudyard Woodworking
Corp.; vice-president, Centralgoma Iron Mines, Ltd.;
member of Michigan
state senate 30th District, 1945-48; died in office 1948;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1947.
Member, Grange; Rotary; Elks;
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died May 24,
1948 (age 58 years, 55
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Funk Goodrich (1889-1962) —
of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn., July 29,
1889.
Son of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich.
Democrat. Law
professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1940-62; died in
office 1962.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Philosophical Society; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons.
Died June 25,
1962 (age 72 years, 331
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Herbert Goodrich and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich; married to
Edith Eastman and Natalie E. Murphy; married, September
23, 1940, to Mary Dern Baxter. |
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Harold Christian Hagen (1901-1957) —
also known as Harold C. Hagen —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
10, 1901.
Son of Gudbrand T. Hagen and Anna (Brovold) Hagen.
Newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1943-55; defeated
(Republican), 1954, 1956.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, United
Commercial Travelers; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1957 (age 55 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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Charles P. Hall (b. 1876) —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., September
22, 1876.
Son of Osee M. Hall and Elizabeth (Magee) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 1st District, 1929-47.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Philo Hall (1865-1938) —
of Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wilton, Waseca
County, Minn., December
31, 1865.
Son of Philo Hall (died 1883) and Mary E. (Greene) Hall.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Brookings, S.Dak., 1894-95; Brookings
County State's Attorney, 1895-98; member of South
Dakota state senate 20th District, 1901-02; South
Dakota state attorney general, 1903-07; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1907-09; Presidential
Elector for South Dakota, 1924.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died in Brookings, Brookings
County, S.Dak., October
7, 1938 (age 72 years, 280
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brookings, S.Dak.
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Oscar Hallam (b. 1865) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Linden town, Iowa
County, Wis., October
19, 1865.
Son of Joseph Hallam and Mary (Wood) Hallam.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1905-13; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1913-23; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, July 27,
1892, to Edith L. Lott. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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Charles L. Halsted (b. 1894) —
of Brainerd, Crow Wing
County, Minn.
Born in Ellendale, Dickey
County, N.Dak., September
23, 1894.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1937-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Halvor Langdon Halvorson (b. 1881) —
also known as Halvor L. Halvorson —
of Minot, Ward
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henning, Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
15, 1881.
Son of John C. Halvorson and Juliana (Christenson) Halvorson.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Minot, N.Dak., 1911-15; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota, 1912 (3rd District), 1942
(Democratic, at-large); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Dakota, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
North Dakota, 1924.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Sons of
Norway; Izaak
Walton League; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Nina C. Knudson. |
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John Hammill (1875-1936) —
of Britt, Hancock
County, Iowa.
Born in Linden, Iowa
County, Wis., October
14, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Iowa state
senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1921-25; Governor of
Iowa, 1925-31; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1930; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1936.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., April 6,
1936 (age 60 years, 175
days).
Interment somewhere
in Britt, Iowa.
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Hugo O. Hanft (b. 1871) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn., December
16, 1871.
Son of Oscar E. Hanft and Anna (Engelke) Hanft.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; municipal
judge in Minnesota, 1906-14; district judge in Minnesota 2nd
District, 1915-32.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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Mike Holm (1876-1952) —
of Roseau, Roseau
County, Minn.
Born in Ringvattnet, Alanas Socken Jamtland, Sweden,
June
17, 1876.
Republican. Probate judge in Minnesota; secretary of
state of Minnesota, 1921-52; died in office 1952.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., July 6,
1952 (age 76 years, 19
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Roseville, Minn.
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Nathaniel John Holmberg (1878-1951) —
also known as N. J. Holmberg —
of Renville, Renville
County, Minn.
Born near Renville, Renville
County, Minn., July 24,
1878.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1907-14; member of
Minnesota
state senate 23rd District, 1915-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1934 (Republican), 1936 (Independent);
member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1941-47.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, right after having given a speech
about city parks, in the City
Council Chambers, City
Hall, St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 13,
1951 (age 72 years, 324
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Lucius Frederick Hubbard (1836-1913) —
also known as Lucius F. Hubbard —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y., January
26, 1836.
Son of Charles F. Hubbard and Margaret (Van Valkenberg) Hubbard.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; grain
business; railroad
builder; member of Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1872-75; Governor of
Minnesota, 1882-87; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1896;
member of Republican
National Committee from Minnesota, 1896; general in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died February
5, 1913 (age 77 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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Samuel Gilbert Iverson (b. 1859) —
also known as Samuel G. Iverson —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., April 21,
1859.
Son of John Iverson and Gunhild (Gunderson) Iverson.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1887; Minnesota
state auditor, 1903-15; candidate in primary for Governor of
Minnesota, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernhard Martin Jacobsen (1862-1936) —
also known as Bernhard M. Jacobsen —
of Clinton, Clinton
County, Iowa.
Born in Klixbüll, Germany,
March
26, 1862.
Son of Boh Jacobsen and Magdelena (Tadsen) Jacobsen.
Democrat. Merchant;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1931-36; died in office
1936.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., June 30,
1936 (age 74 years, 96
days).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Clinton, Iowa.
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Lowell E. Jepson (b. 1863) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Rice
County, Minn., October
19, 1863.
Son of John Jepson and Lydia (Sherpy) Jepson.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1916,
1924,
1932.
Congregationalist.
Member, Urban
League; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jalmer T. Johnson (1912-2000) —
of Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
20, 1912.
Mayor
of Virginia, Minn., 1976-90.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Sons
of Norway; Moose.
Died, in Arrowhead Health
Care Center, Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., September
22, 2000 (age 87 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Virginia, Minn.
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John Augustus Johnson (1842-1907) —
also known as John A. Johnson —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Växjö, Sweden,
April
24, 1842.
Locomotive
engineer; farmer; Washington
County Sheriff, 1873; lawyer; farm
implement dealer; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1885-86, 1896-1902, 1906-07; died in office 1907.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, of Bright's
disease, June 14,
1907 (age 65 years, 51
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Goodbar Johnston (b. 1880) —
also known as Oscar G. Johnston —
of Clarksdale, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Scott, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
27, 1880.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1908-18; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1912,
1916,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate); member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1916 ; member of Democratic
National Committee from Mississippi, 1920-24.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Walter Henry Judd (1898-1994) —
also known as Walter H. Judd —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Rising City, Butler
County, Neb., September
25, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1943-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died in Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md., February
13, 1994 (age 95 years, 141
days).
Interment at Blue
Valley Cemetery, Surprise, Neb.
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J. A. Kiester (b. 1832) —
of Blue Earth, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 20th District, 1865; member of Minnesota
state senate 5th District; elected 1890.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Knutson (1880-1953) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Skein, Norway,
October
20, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-49 (6th District 1917-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1940.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died August
21, 1953 (age 72 years, 305
days).
Interment at North
Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.
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Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (1913-1976) —
also known as Odin Langen —
of Kennedy, Kittson
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
5, 1913.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 67th District, 1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1959-71 (9th District 1959-63, 7th
District 1963-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died July 6,
1976 (age 63 years, 183
days).
Interment at Red
River Cemetery, Red River, Minn.
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Oscar John Larson (1871-1957) —
also known as Oscar J. Larson —
of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Uleaborg (now Oulu), Finland,
May
20, 1871.
Son of Lars Larson and Anna (Kemppainen) Larson.
Republican. Lawyer; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1921-25.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Elks.
Died August 1,
1957 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Thomas Erwin Latimer (1879-1937) —
also known as Thomas E. Latimer —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hilliard, Franklin
County, Ohio, April 6,
1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1935-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Died November
6, 1937 (age 58 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Miles Welton Lord (b. 1919) —
also known as Miles Lord —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Pine Knoll, Aitkin
County, Minn., November
6, 1919.
Son of Frank Kendall Lord and Rachel Ann (Terry) Lord.
Lawyer;
candidate for Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1950; Minnesota
state attorney general, 1955-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1960;
U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1961-66; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1966-.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Federal
Bar Association; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1976.
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Ernest Lundeen (1878-1940) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Wayzata, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Beresford, Union
County, S.Dak., 1878.
Son of Rev. Charles H. Lundeen and Christina (Peterson) Lundeen.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Minnesota state legislature; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1912
(alternate), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1917-19, 1933-37 (5th District
1917-19, at-large 1933-35, 3rd District 1935-37); defeated
(Independent), 1920; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1928; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1937-40; defeated, 1923 (Republican
primary), 1930 (Farmer-Labor); died in office 1940.
Methodist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
One of 25 passengers and crew killed in the crash of
a Pennsylvania Central Airlines transport plane, bound from
Washington to Pittsburgh, during an intense
storm, near Lovettsville, Loudoun
County, Va., August
31, 1940 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Aaron Matthews (b. 1876) —
also known as John A. Matthews —
of Townsend, Broadwater
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
1, 1876.
Son of Thaddeus LeGrand Matthews and Katheryn (Pryse) Matthews.
Democrat. Lawyer; Broadwater
County Attorney, 1903-13; district judge in Montana 4th District,
1913-16; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1919-31; appointed 1919.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. H. McNiven (b. 1878) —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Wentworth County, Ontario,
December
10, 1878.
School
teacher; real estate
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1917-18.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Stephen Miller (1816-1881) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.; Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn.
Born in Perry
County, Pa., January
17, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1860,
1860;
Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1860,
1876;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Minnesota, 1864-66; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 38th District, 1873.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1862, he was in command of Camp Lincoln, in Mankato, Minnesota,
which held 303 Sioux Indians convicted and condemned to death for war
crimes, and repeatedly protected them from being lynched by angry
frontiersmen. President Abraham
Lincoln granted clemency, remitting death sentences for 265. The
remaining 38 prisoners were hanged on December 26, 1862, the largest
mass execution in U.S. history.
Died in Worthington, Nobles
County, Minn., August
18, 1881 (age 65 years, 213
days).
Interment at Worthington
Cemetery, Worthington, Minn.
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Clarence M. Mitchell III (b. 1939) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
14, 1939.
Son of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. (1911-1984) and Juanita Elizabeth
(Jackson) Mitchell (1913-1992).
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1963-66; member of Maryland
state senate, 1967-86; Indicted
in 1987, along with his brother, by a federal grand jury in
connection with the a bribery
investigation of Wedtech Corporation; convicted
of accepting
$50,000 to stop
the Congressional investigation of Wedtech; sentenced
to two and a half years in prison;
convicted
in 1988 of obstructing
an investigation of Baltimore drug
dealer Melvin D. 'Little Melvin' Williams, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
charged
in 1988 with failure to file income
tax returns; tried and
acquitted.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Urban
League; Kappa
Alpha Psi; Freemasons; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1988.
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Ancher Nelsen (1904-1992) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.
Born in Renville
County, Minn., October
11, 1904.
Son of Nels Peter Nelsen and Elisabeth (Anderson) Nelson.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 22nd District, 1935-48; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1952,
1960
(alternate), 1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1953-54; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1956; Minnesota
Republican state chair, 1958; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1959-75.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn., November
30, 1992 (age 88 years, 50
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Adolphus Peter Nelson (1872-1927) —
also known as Adolphus P. Nelson —
of Grantsburg, Burnett
County, Wis.
Born near Holmes City, Douglas
County, Minn., March 28,
1872.
Son of Nels A. Nelson and Christine (Kron) Nelson.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 11th District, 1918-23.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grantsburg, Burnett
County, Wis., August
21, 1927 (age 55 years, 146
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Grantsburg, Wis.
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Arthur Emanuel Nelson (1892-1955) —
also known as Arthur E. Nelson —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Browns Valley, Traverse
County, Minn., May 10,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1936; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942-43; defeated, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 11,
1955 (age 62 years, 336
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Martin A. Nelson (b. 1889) —
of Austin, Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Hesper, Winneshiek
County, Iowa, February
21, 1889.
Son of Andrew A. Nelson and Bertha (Jacobson) Nelson.
Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Minnesota
state senate 5th District, 1930; vice-chair of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1932; Republican candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1934, 1936; Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1942; district judge in Minnesota 10th
District, 1944-53; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1953.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Delta
Theta Phi; Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Merle Henifin. |
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Walter Hughes Newton (1880-1941) —
also known as Walter H. Newton —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1880.
Son of Thomas Rogers Newton and Mary (Hughes) Newton.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 5th District, 1919-29; secretary
and administrative assistant to President Herbert
Hoover, 1929; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
10, 1941 (age 60 years, 304
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Winfield Emerson Page (1904-1994) —
also known as Winfield E. Page —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn., May 23,
1904.
Republican. Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1943-49; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana, 1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Montana 1st District, 1954.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
Templar.
Died July 11,
1994 (age 90 years, 49
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Alvin E. Richards (b. 1886) —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Soudan, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1886.
Republican. Mining
superintendent; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette County, 1947-54;
defeated, 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Rines —
of Mora, Kanabec
County, Minn.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1907-14, 1943-45; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1913; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916;
Minnesota
state treasurer, 1917-25.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Mora, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Peter O. Sathre (1878-1968) —
of Finley, Steele
County, N.Dak.; Bismarck, Burleigh
County, N.Dak.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of Maline (Hansdotter) Sathre (1841-1927) and Jacob Pederson
Sathre (1842-1907).
Republican. Lawyer; Steele
County State's Attorney, 1912-20; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1927-32; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1933-37; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1937.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
Norway; Freemasons; Shriners;
Woodmen.
Died in Sharon, Steele
County, N.Dak., January
23, 1968 (age 89 years, 350
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Chancellor Saunders (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas David Schall (1878-1935) —
also known as Thomas D. Schall —
of Excelsior, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Reed City, Osceola
County, Mich., June 4,
1878.
Son of David Schall and Mary Ellen (Jordan) Schall.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 10th District, 1915-25; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1925-35; defeated in primary, 1923; died
in office 1935.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Blinded
by an electric shock from a cigar lighter, 1907.
Hit by
an automobile, on the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard, near
Cottage City, Maryland, suffered severe injuries, and died three days
later, in Casualty Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., December
22, 1935 (age 57 years, 201
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Henrik Shipstead (1881-1960) —
of Glenwood, Pope
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miltona, Douglas
County, Minn.
Born in Burbank Township, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., January
8, 1881.
Son of Saave Shipstead and Christine (Ellefson) Shipstead.
Dentist;
mayor of Glenwood, Minn., 1911-13; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 47th District, 1917-18; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota, 1918; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1920; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., June 26,
1960 (age 79 years, 170
days).
Interment at Kinkead
Cemetery, Alexandria, Minn.
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Vespasian Smith (1818-1897) —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Bayfield, Bayfield
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Knox
County, Ohio, October
21, 1818.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Duluth, Minn., 1873-74; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1876-79.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
11, 1897 (age 78 years, 355
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1846
to Charlotte E. Neely. |
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Claude E. Southwick (b. 1873) —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Wells, Faribault
County, Minn.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., 1873.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-18 (12th District 1913-14,
7th District 1915-18).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Harold Edward Stassen (1907-2001) —
also known as Harold E. Stassen —
of South St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., April 13,
1907.
Lawyer;
Dakota
County Attorney, 1931-38; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1936,
1940;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1939-43; resigned 1943; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; among the founders of the United Nations, 1945
(in 2001, he was the last surviving signer of the UN Charter); president,
University of Pennsylvania, 1948-53; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1948,
1952,
1964,
1968,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1958; Republican candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1959; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960;
Independent Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1986.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Freemasons; Shriners;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, at the Friendship Village nursing
home, Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 4,
2001 (age 93 years, 325
days).
Interment at Acacia
Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minn.
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Thor Carl Tollefson (1901-1982) —
also known as Thor C. Tollefson —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Perley, Norman
County, Minn., May 2,
1901.
Son of Christian Tollefson and Bertha (Jacobson) Tollefson.
Republican. Lawyer; Pierce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1932-34, 1939-46; U.S.
Representative from Washington 6th District, 1947-65; defeated,
1944, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Sigma Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
30, 1982 (age 81 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Memorial Park, Tacoma, Wash.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March 22,
1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil
engineer; merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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Abraham Van Vorhes (1793-1879) —
of Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., December
2, 1793.
Member of Ohio state legislature; Minnesota
territorial auditor, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1856; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1859-60.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn., January
24, 1879 (age 85 years, 53
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Stillwater, Minn.
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Frederick Douglas Vibert (1873-1954) —
also known as Fred D. Vibert —
of Cloquet, Carlton
County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Gaspé, Quebec,
November
14, 1873.
Son of Robert Douglas Vibert and Ellen (Hollick) Vibert.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper
editor and publisher; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1908;
mayor
of Cloquet, Minn.; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state senate 54th District, 1915-22; agricultural agent,
Minnesota Power and
Light.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 25,
1954 (age 80 years, 131
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Stanley Washburn (b. 1878) —
of Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., February
7, 1878.
Son of William
Drew Washburn and Elizabeth M. (Muzzy) Washburn (1836-1915).
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.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Mason Wheeler (1854-1930) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in 1854.
Physician;
mayor
of Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1917-18.
Member, Freemasons.
He helped stop a bank robbery by the Jesse James gang, in Northfield,
Minnesota, September 7, 1876. He owned the first
automobile in Grand Forks.
Died April 13,
1930 (age about 75
years).
Interment somewhere
in Northfield, Minn.
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James Russell Wiggins (1903-2000) —
also known as J. Russell Wiggins —
Born in Luverne, Rock
County, Minn., December
4, 1903.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1968-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Managing editor of the Washington Post newspaper,
1947-66.
Died in Brooklin, Hancock
County, Maine, November
19, 2000 (age 96 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Sedgwick, Maine.
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Ashbel Parsons Willard (1820-1860) —
also known as Ashbel P. Willard —
of New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind.
Born in Vernon, Oneida
County, N.Y., October
31, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1853-57; Governor of
Indiana, 1857-60; died in office 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
4, 1860 (age 39 years, 339
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
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