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Politician members in Minnesota


  William Anderson (b. 1888) — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., October 25, 1888. Son of Edward Anderson and Maren (Olausen) Anderson. Political scientist; university professor; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55. Member, American Political Science Association; American Association of University Professors; Phi Beta Kappa. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 28, 1915, to Morgia DeLaittre Mansur.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex., March 26, 1936. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took senior status 2001. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of lymphoma, in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., September 23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
  Relatives: Great-grandson of John Levi Sheppard; grandson of Morris Sheppard; first cousin of Connie Mack III; brother of Morris Sheppard Arnold. See Sheppard-Arnold-Mack-Bono family of Texas.
  See also federal judicial profile
  Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) — also known as Margaret Frances Culkin — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn. Born in Buffalo, Wright County, Minn., March 18, 1891. Daughter of William Edgar Culkin and Hannah Alice (Young) Culkin. Republican. Novelist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924 (alternate), 1936. Female. Catholic. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Association of University Women; League of Women Voters. Elected to Duluth Hall of Fame. Died in Tryon, Polk County, N.C., January 4, 1982 (age 90 years, 292 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of William Edgar Culkin and Hannah Alice (Young) Culkin; married, October 9, 1914, to Archibald Tanner Banning, Jr. (divorced 1929); married 1942 to Leroy Salsich.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Margaret Culkin Banning: The Splendid Torments : A Novel (1976) — Such Interesting People (1979) — The Will of Magda Townsend (1974) — Spellbinders (1922) — Echo Answers (1960) — Country Club People (1923) — The First Woman (1935) — Half Loaves (1921) — Women for Defense (1942) — The Clever Sister (1947) — Conduct Yourself Accordingly (1944) — The Convert (1957) — The Dowry (1955) — Enough to Live On (1940) — Fallen Away (1951) — Festival at the Lakehead (1965) — Give us our years (1950) — A Handmaid of the Lord (1924) — I took my love to the country (1966) — The Iron Will (1936) — Mesabi (1969) — Mixed Marriage (1930) — Money of Her Own (1928) — Out In Society (1940) — The Quality of Mercy : A Novel (1963) — You haven't changed (1937)
  Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) — also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn. Born in Nashville, Washington County, Ill., November 12, 1908. Son of Corwin Manning Blackmun and Theo H. (Reuter) Blackmun. Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994; actor in the 1997 movie Amistad, as Justice Joseph Story. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Arlington, Arlington County, Va., March 4, 1999 (age 90 years, 112 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1941, to Dorothy E. Clark.
  Cross-reference: Richard Blumenthal
  See also federal judicial profile — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Harry Blackmun: Linda Greenhouse, Becoming Justice Blackmun : Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court Journey
  Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (1879-1961) — also known as J. A. A. Burnquist — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Dayton, Webster County, Iowa, July 21, 1879. Son of John A. Burnquist and A. Louise (Johnson) Burnquist. Republican. Lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1909-11; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1913-15; Governor of Minnesota, 1915-21; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1923; candidate for U.S. Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1932; Minnesota state attorney general, 1939-55. Congregationalist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Order of the Coif; American Bar Association. Died January 12, 1961 (age 81 years, 175 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  Relatives: Married, January 1, 1906, to Mary Louise Cross.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Christianson and Emma (Ronning) Christianson; married, June 4, 1907, to Ruth E. Donaldson (died 1944); married 1946 to Mayme B. Bundy.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  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.
  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.
  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
  Orville Lothrop Freeman (1918-2003) — also known as Orville L. Freeman — of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., May 9, 1918. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; aide to Minneapolis Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey, and his campaign manager for U.S. Senator in 1948; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1948-50; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota state attorney general, 1950; Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61; defeated (Democratic-Farmer-Labor), 1952, 1960; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, 1961-69. Lutheran. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; American Judicature Society; Americans for Democratic Action; American Civil Liberties Union; Moose; Eagles; Izaak Walton League; Sons of Norway; Purple Heart; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of Alzheimer's disease, in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., February 20, 2003 (age 84 years, 287 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  Relatives: Married, May 2, 1942, to Jane Shields; father of Mike Freeman.
  Cross-reference: George A. Farr
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, July 27, 1892, to Edith L. Lott.
  Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917
  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.
  Relatives: Brother of George Wirt Herrick.
  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.
  Relatives: Married 1932 to Miriam Louise Barber.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Alexander MacDonald Keith (b. 1928) — also known as A. M. 'Sandy' Keith — of Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn. Born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., November 22, 1928. Son of Norman M. Keith and Edna (Alexander) Keith. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 4th District, 1959-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1960, 1964; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1989-90; chief justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1990-98. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Still living as of 2009.
  Relatives: Married, April 29, 1955, to Marion E. Sanford.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Lee Loevinger (1913-2004) — of Minnesota; Washington, D.C.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Md. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 24, 1913. Son of Gustavus Loevinger and Millie (Strouse) Loevinger. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1960-61; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-68. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Sigma Xi; Sigma Delta Chi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died April 26, 2004 (age 91 years, 2 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, March 4, 1950, to Ruth E. Howe.
  Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) — also known as Alfred J. Pearson — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Landskrona, Sweden, September 29, 1869. Son of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson. Republican. University professor; U.S. Minister to Poland, 1924-25; Finland, 1925-30. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Modern Language Association; American Association of University Professors; Phi Beta Kappa. Died August 9, 1939 (age 69 years, 314 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  Relatives: Son of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson; married 1901 to Thea Pauline Swenson (daughter of Lars Swenson). See Swenson family of Minnesota.
  Paul David Wellstone (1944-2002) — also known as Paul Wellstone; "Senator Welfare" — of Minnesota. Born in Washington, D.C., July 21, 1944. Son of Leon Wexelstein and Minnie (Danishevsky) Wexelstein. College professor; arrested during a Vietnam War protest at the federal building in Minneapolis, 1970; arrested again during a protest of farm foreclosures at a bank in Paynesville, Minn., 1984; candidate for Minnesota state auditor, 1982; member of Democratic National Committee from Minnesota, 1984-91; U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002; died in office 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1996, 2000. Jewish. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Killed in a plane crash, along with his wife and daughter, near Eveleth, St. Louis County, Minn., October 25, 2002 (age 58 years, 96 days). Interment at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
  Relatives: Married 1963 to Sheila Ison (1944-2002).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — votes in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Paul Wellstone: The Conscience of a Liberal: Reclaiming the Compassionate Agenda (2001) — How the Rural Poor Got Power: Narrative of a Grass-Roots Organizer (1978) — Powerline: The First Battle of America's Energy War, with Barry M. Casper (1981)
  Books about Paul Wellstone: Terry Gydesen, Twelve Years and Thirteen Days: Remembering Paul and Sheila Wellstone — Dennis J. McGrath & Dane Smith, Professor Wellstone Goes to Washington: The Inside Story of a Grassroots U.S. Senate Campaign — Don Jacobs & James Fetzer, American Assassination: The Strange Death Of Senator Paul Wellstone

 

 


 
   
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