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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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Elmer Lee Andersen (1909-2004) —
also known as Elmer L. Andersen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 17,
1909.
Son of Arne Andersen and Jennie Olivia (Johnson) Andersen.
Republican. Glue
manufacturing business; dairy farmer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1964;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1949-59; Governor of
Minnesota, 1961-63; defeated, 1962.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died, in a hospital
at St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., November
15, 2004 (age 95 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Carlos Avery (1868-1930) —
of Hutchinson, McLeod
County, Minn.; Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Minooka, Grundy
County, Ill., January
25, 1868.
Newspaper editor and publisher; naturalist;
Minnesota Fish and Game Commissioner; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1924.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Rockville Centre, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
4, 1930 (age 62 years, 252
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Hutchinson, Minn.
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Lewis Baker (1832-1899) —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Belmont
County, Ohio, November
11, 1832.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1871-72; President
of the West Virginia State Senate, 1872; West Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1872-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1884-88; Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1892; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1893-97; Salvador, 1893-97; Nicaragua, 1893-97.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Washington,
D.C., April 30,
1899 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Wheeling, W.Va.
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Joseph Hurst Ball (1905-1993) —
also known as Joseph H. Ball —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., November
3, 1905.
Son of Joseph Ball and Florence E. (Hurst) Ball.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940-42, 1943-49; defeated, 1948;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1944.
Protestant.
Died of a stroke, in
Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1993 (age 88 years, 45
days).
Interment at Prospect
Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va.
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Harold Henry Barker (b. 1889) —
also known as Harold H. Barker —
of Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn.
Born in Elbow Lake, Grant
County, Minn., June 15,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1931-38; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1937; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for
Governor
of Minnesota, 1946; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state
chair, 1946-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Adam Bede (1856-1942) —
also known as J. Adam Bede —
of Pine City, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eaton Township, Lorain
County, Ohio, January
13, 1856.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper reporter; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1903-09.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., April 11,
1942 (age 86 years, 88
days).
Interment at Birchwood
Cemetery, Pine City, 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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Kristjan Valdimar Björnson (1906-1987) —
also known as Val Björnson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneota, Lyon
County, Minn., August
29, 1906.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; associate
editor, St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch newspaper; Minnesota
state treasurer, 1951-55, 1957-75; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1954; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1960.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., March 3,
1987 (age 80 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Irving A. Caswell —
of Anoka, Anoka
County, Minn.
Born in Anoka
County, Minn.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1900,
1932;
clerk of the Minnesota supreme court, 1909-17; appointed 1909; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1927.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Paul V. Collins (b. 1860) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Camden, Preble
County, Ohio, July 22,
1860.
Son of Samuel Collins and Abigail Jane (Patton) Collins.
Newspaper correspondent; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1888;
Progressive candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1912.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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William B. Colver (1870-1926) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Wellington, Lorain
County, Ohio, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
editorial director, Scripps-Howard newspapers; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1917-20; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1918-19.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 28,
1926 (age about 55
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Pauline Simmons (c.1874-1964). |
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William Aloysious Costello (1904-1969) —
also known as William A. Costello —
of Minnesota.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 5,
1904.
Newspaper reporter; television
journalist; U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, 1967-69.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Political Science Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad,
June
20, 1969 (age 65 years, 107
days).
Buried at sea.
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Charles S. Crandall (b. 1840) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.
Born in Erie
County, Ohio, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper editor; hardware store
owner; postmaster;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 12th District, 1874; member of Minnesota
state senate 12th District; elected 1886, 1890.
Burial
location unknown.
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Farley A. Dare (born c.1879) —
of Walker, Cass
County, Minn.
Born in Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn., about 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1915-18; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1916.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Thomas Davis (b. 1877) —
also known as Tom Davis —
of Marshall, Lyon
County, Minn.
Born in Judson, Blue Earth
County, Minn., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Marshall
County Attorney, 1903; newspaper publisher; mayor of
Marshall, Minn., 1910-13; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 13th District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank A. Day (b. 1855) —
of Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn.
Born in Green
County, Wis., 1855.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives; elected 1878; member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1884; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1887-95, 1927-28 (6th District 1887-95, 9th
District 1927-28); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1892;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1904-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Campbell Dunn (b. 1855) —
also known as Robert C. Dunn; Bob Dunn —
of Princeton, Mille Lacs
County, Minn.
Born in Plumbridge, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), February
14, 1855.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Minnesota
state auditor, 1895-1903; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1904; member of Minnesota
state senate 55th District, 1915-18.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Interment somewhere
in Princeton, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Clement Stanislaus Edwards (b. 1869) —
also known as Clement S. Edwards —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 4,
1869.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Acapulco, 1911-17; Santo Domingo, 1919; Paris, 1920; Kovno, 1922; Valencia, 1924-29; Bradford, 1932.
Burial
location unknown.
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J. Louis Engdahl (1884-1932) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., November
11, 1884.
Writer
and editor for Socialist and Communist newspapers; indicted
in Chicago, 1918, along with former U.S. Rep. Victor
L. Berger, and three others, for making speeches
that encouraged disloyalty
and obstructed military
recruitment; tried and
convicted;
sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
the conviction was later overturned; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1918; delegate to
Socialist National Convention from Illinois, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1924 (Workers), 1926 (Workers Communist);
Communist candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1930; Communist candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 7th District, 1931.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Moscow, Russia,
November
21, 1932 (age 48 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Son of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77,
1879; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Milton Cline Garber (1867-1948) —
also known as Milton C. Garber —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Humboldt
County, Calif., November
30, 1867.
Son of Martin Garber and Lucy A. (Rife) Garber.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; co-founder, along with his father and
brother, of Garber, Okla.; Garfield
County Probate Judge, 1902-06; justice of
Oklahoma territorial supreme court, 1906-07; appointed 1906;
district judge in Oklahoma 20th District, 1908-12; mayor of
Enid, Okla., 1919-21; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 8th District, 1923-33; defeated,
1932.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Eagles.
Died in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., September
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 287
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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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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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Son of Simon Hughes (1778-1858) and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes
(1780-1851).
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state legislature,
1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Val Imm —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Minnesota
state senate 8th District, 1935-66.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Louis Kelly (b. 1839) —
also known as William L. Kelly —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., August
27, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
newspaper editor; lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1887-1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold G. Kimball (born c.1896) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Minnesota, about 1896.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Washington
state senate 44th District, 1947.
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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Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921) —
also known as Franklin K. Lane —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island, July 15,
1864.
Son of Dr. C. S. Lane and C. W. H. Lane.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
California, 1902; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1906-13; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20.
Died, of a heart
attack 12 days after appendicitis
surgery, at the Mayo Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 18,
1921 (age 56 years, 307
days).
Cremated.
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Benjamin Franklin Langworthy (1822-1907) —
also known as B. F. Langworthy —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, January
20, 1822.
Son of Cyrus
Langworthy and Charlotte (Drake) Langworthy (1794-1876).
Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 13th District, 1859-60.
Died in Brownsdale, Mower
County, Minn., January
23, 1907 (age 85 years, 3
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Soren Listoe (b. 1846) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Denmark,
April
27, 1846.
Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 41st District, 1875; register of
U.S. Land Office at Fergus Falls, Minn., 1875-82; U.S. Consul in Dusseldorf, 1892-93; Rotterdam, 1897-1902; U.S. Consul General in Rotterdam, 1902-20.
Danish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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H. J. Miner (b. 1869) —
of Sykeston, Wells
County, N.Dak.; International Falls, Koochiching
County, Minn.
Born in Albion, Calhoun
County, Mich., 1869.
Newspaper publisher; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives; member of North
Dakota state senate; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 62nd District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George H. Moeller (b. 1882) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
13, 1882.
Worked in newspaper, telephone,
insurance,
and advertising
businesses; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 40th District, 1915-18.
German
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Nels T. Moen (1866-1929) —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.; Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Freeborn
County, Minn., May 26,
1866.
Son of Tollef Nelson and Marit Larson.
Lawyer;
Norman
County Judge of Probate, 1899; Norman
County Attorney, 1905; municipal judge in Minnesota, 1911-16;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 50th District, 1917-18.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Otter Tail
County, Minn., August
23, 1929 (age 63 years, 89
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Betsy Johnson. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Arthur Naftalin (1917-2005) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., June 28,
1917.
Son of Sandel Naftalin and Tillie (Bresky) Naftalin.
University
professor; newspaper columnist;
secretary to Mayor Hubert
H. Humphrey, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Minnesota, 1948,
1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1961-69.
Jewish.
Injured in a fall, and
died a few hours later, in Abbott Northwestern Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 16,
2005 (age 87 years, 322
days). His body was
donated to the University of Minnesota medical school.
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Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Son of Louis J. Nagler (1820-1894) and Catherine (Schottmuller)
Nagler (1829-1915).
Republican. Journalist; author;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
German
ancestry.
Died of prostate
cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Anders Christian Nelson (1858-1929) —
also known as Anders C. Nelson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Denmark,
May
11, 1858.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper work; U.S. Consular Agent
in Schiedam, 1903-10; Scheveningen, 1910-11; U.S. Vice Consul in The Hague, 1922-29.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Netherlands,
October
26, 1929 (age 71 years, 168
days).
Interment at Begraafplaats Oud Eik en Duinen, Den Haag, Netherlands.
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Frank E. Nimocks (b. 1865) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Hillsdale
County, Mich., 1865.
Newspaper reporter; dentist;
manager, Minneapolis Rebate Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 30th District, 1915-26.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Martin W. Odland (b. 1875) —
of Fergus Falls, Otter Tail
County, Minn.
Born in Clay
County, S.Dak., 1875.
School
teacher and principal; newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 50th District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Anne M. Nassett. |
| | | Image source: Minnesota Legislative
Manual 1917 |
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David Olmsted (1822-1861) —
also known as David Olmstead —
of Clayton
County, Iowa; Belle Prairie, Morrison
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., May 5,
1822.
Democrat. Newspaper work; delegate
to Iowa state constitutional convention from Clayton County,
1846; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1854-55.
Died in Fairfax, Franklin
County, Vt., February
2, 1861 (age 38 years, 273
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hubert Haskell Peavey (1881-1937) —
also known as Hubert H. Peavey —
of Washburn, Bayfield
County, Wis.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., January
12, 1881.
Son of William H. Peavey.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1913-15; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-35 (11th District 1923-33,
10th District 1933-35).
Died in Washburn, Bayfield
County, Wis., November
21, 1937 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Washburn, Wis.
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Hjalmar Petersen (1890-1968) —
of Askov, Pine
County, Minn.
Born in Eskildstrup, Denmark,
January
2, 1890.
Son of Lauritz Petersen and Anna Petersen.
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.
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Edward P. Peterson (b. 1855) —
of Litchfield, Meeker
County, Minn.
Born in Goodhue
County, Minn., 1855.
Farmer;
school
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer; banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-18, 1923-26 (23rd District 1911-14, 26th
District 1915-18, 1923-26).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1839-1901) —
also known as Gilbert A. Pierce —
of Porter
County, Ind.; Illinois; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in East Otto, Cattaraugus
County, N.Y., January
11, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; newspaper editor; author;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1869; Governor of
Dakota Territory, 1884-86; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1889-91; U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1893.
Died at the Lexington Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1901 (age 62 years, 35
days).
Interment at Adams
Cemetery, Valparaiso, Ind.
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Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) —
also known as Carl W. Riddick —
of Winamac, Pulaski
County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.
Born in Wells, Faribault
County, Minn., February
25, 1872.
Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick (1846-1931) and Alice Esther (Wood)
Riddick (1848-1873).
Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus
County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1922.
Methodist.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., July 9,
1960 (age 88 years, 135
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.
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Daniel A. Robertson (1812-1895) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pictou, Nova
Scotia, May 3,
1812.
Newspaper work; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1859-60; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1859-60.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., March 16,
1895 (age 82 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Widely syndicated newspaper columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator, founder of the Project Excellence scholarship program.
In 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Julius August Schmahl (1867-1955) —
also known as Julius A. Schmahl —
of Redwood Falls, Redwood
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Traverse des Sioux, Nicollet
County, Minn., August 1,
1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary of
state of Minnesota, 1907-21; Minnesota
state treasurer, 1927-37, 1939-51; defeated, 1936.
Died in 1955
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Redwood
Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Minn.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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D. Shier —
of Minnesota.
Socialist. Newspaperman; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Minnesota, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Stern (d. 1901) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Germany.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper reporter; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Bamberg, 1893-1901.
Jewish.
Arrested
and fined in
Kissingen, Germany, 1895, for insulting
the Baron von Thuengen; also charged
with misrepresenting
his 15-year-old son as being twelve in order to get cheaper passage
to Europe for him on a steamship; the U.S. Consul General in Berlin
asserted that Mr. Stern was "very harshly and unjustly treated".
Depressed over financial problems and perceived anti-Semitism, he
began neglecting
his work; he was recalled
as commercial agent in 1901, but remained at Bamberg; his failure
to return money he had collected on behalf of U.S. citizens led
to a judgement
against him for 2,000 marks, which he was unable to pay; he
committed suicide
by gunshot,
in the public gardens at Bamberg, Germany,
June
10, 1901.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles L. Stevens (b. 1867) —
of Warren, Marshall
County, Minn.
Born near Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill., February
1, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1912;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 67th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Charles H. Warner (b. 1866) —
of Aitkin, Aitkin
County, Minn.
Born in Indiana, August, 1866.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper publisher; real estate
business; secretary of
Minnesota Republican Party, 1904; superintendent, Minnesota state
immigration department, 1905-06; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-22 (52nd District 1911-14,
54th District 1915-22).
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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W. D. Washburn (b. 1863) —
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 3,
1863.
Newspaper work; engaged in flour, lumber, and
railroad
businesses; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1905-06, 1909-12,
1917-18 (41st District 1901-02, 1905-06, 31st District 1909-12,
1917-18).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Knud Wefald (1869-1936) —
of Hawley, Clay
County, Minn.
Born in Kragero, Norway,
November
3, 1869.
Lumber
business; newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1913-16 (60th District 1913-14,
49th District 1915-16); U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1923-27; defeated
(Farmer-Labor), 1928, 1930; member of Minnesota
railroad and warehouse commission, 1933-36; died in office 1936.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., October
25, 1936 (age 66 years, 357
days).
Interment at Hawley
Cemetery, Hawley, Minn.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 60th District, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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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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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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