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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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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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John P. Bray (1859-1917) —
of Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak.
Born in Henderson, Sibley
County, Minn., February
14, 1859.
Republican. Merchant;
Grand
Forks County Auditor; North Dakota
state auditor, 1889-92; resigned 1892; postmaster; U.S.
Consul General in Melbourne, 1897-1908; Sydney, 1908-15; Singapore, 1915-16; U.S. Consul in Johannesburg, 1916-17, died in office 1917.
Died in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December
20, 1917 (age 58 years, 309
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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H. H. Flowers (b. 1865) —
of Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn.
Born in Cleveland, Le Sueur
County, Minn., 1865.
School
teacher; postmaster; merchant;
banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 17th District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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John Frisch (b. 1871) —
Born in St. Charles, Winona
County, Minn., November
12, 1871.
Postmaster; automobile
dealer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 2nd District, 1917-18; member of
Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1923-26.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Elam Andrew Jackson Greeley (1818-1882) —
also known as Elam A. J. Greeley —
of Stillwater, Washington
County, Minn.
Born in Salisbury, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
13, 1818.
Son of John Greeley (1777-1861) and Hannah (Greeley) Greeley
(1787-1878).
Postmaster; member
Minnesota territorial council 1st District, 1852-53; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1857.
Died September
13, 1882 (age 64 years, 31
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orrin T. Hayes (b. 1827) —
of Georges Mills, Sunapee, Sullivan
County, N.H.; Hastings, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in New London, Merrimack
County, N.H., December
2, 1827.
Merchant;
postmaster; justice of the peace; lawyer; Dakota
County Attorney, 1855; mayor
of Hastings, Minn., 1859-60; major in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 7th District, 1863.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucina A. Emerson (died 1858); married 1859 to Mary C.
Matthews. |
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Edward R. Hinds (born c.1857) —
of Hubbard, Hubbard
County, Minn.
Born in Pennsylvania, about 1857.
Farmer;
postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1903-06, 1909-10, 1915-22 (53rd
District 1903-06, 1909-10, 63rd District 1915-22).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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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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Elias Nordgren (b. 1872) —
of Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn.
Born in Jamtland, Sweden,
June
23, 1872.
Merchant;
postmaster; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 56th District, 1915-18.
Swedish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank L. Palmer (born c.1863) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.; North Dakota; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Jackson
County, Mich., about 1863.
Postal worker; real
estate and insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1911-14; member of Minnesota
state senate 29th District, 1915-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1882
to Mary A. Hogle. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Jacob Henry Stewart (1829-1884) —
also known as Jacob H. Stewart —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Clermont, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
15, 1829.
Republican. Physician;
Minnesota surgeon general, 1857-63; member of Minnesota
state senate 2nd District, 1859-60; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1864-65, 1868-69, 1872-75; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1877-79; Minnesota
surveyor general, 1879-82.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
25, 1884 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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S. J. Swanson (b. 1857) —
of Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Carver
County, Minn., January
15, 1857.
Vice-president, State Bank of
Cokato; president, Cokato Elevator
Company; director, Cokato Telephone
Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1917-20 (38th District
1893-96, 27th District 1917-20); postmaster.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Carl Chester Van Dyke (1881-1919) —
also known as Carl C. Van Dyke —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Alexandria, Douglas
County, Minn., February
18, 1881.
Son of Chester B. Van Dyke and Bertha (Solum) Van Dyke.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; railway
mail clerk; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1915-19; died in
office 1919.
Episcopalian.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 20,
1919 (age 38 years, 91
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Maplewood, 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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