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Charles Edward Adams (1867-1936) —
also known as Charles E. Adams —
of Granite Falls, Yellow
Medicine County, Minn.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
1, 1867.
Son of Emaline (Twitchell) Adams (1833-1922) and Isaac Milton Adams
(1841-1916).
Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate 57th District, 1915-28; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1929-31.
Died in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
6, 1936 (age 69 years, 5
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Dagmar Irene Anderson (1898-1989) —
also known as Dagmar Anderson; Dagmar Irene
Cassel —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 21,
1898.
Daughter of Rev. Carl Oscar Cassel and Ellen (Benson) Cassel.
Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1960;
chair
of Hennepin County Republican Party, 1963-67.
Female.
Lutheran.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Died October
8, 1989 (age 91 years, 109
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Anton Blatnik (1911-1991) —
also known as John A. Blatnik —
of Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Chisholm, St. Louis
County, Minn., August
17, 1911.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate 60th District, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Army Air
Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 8th District, 1947-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1960,
1964
(delegation chair); member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1963.
Died in Forest Heights, Prince
George's County, Md., December
17, 1991 (age 80 years, 122
days).
Interment somewhere
in Chisholm, Minn.
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Thomas Canty (b. 1854) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in London, England,
April
25, 1854.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; justice of
Minnesota state supreme court, 1894-99.
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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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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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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Calvin Deming (b. 1896) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 28,
1896.
Son of Portius
C. Deming.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal;
real
estate and insurance
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 29th District, 1927-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Muriel Joy Voegeli. |
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Andrew Donovan (b. 1868) —
also known as Andy Donovan —
of Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Green Isle, Sibley
County, Minn., December
25, 1868.
Democrat. School teacher; farmer; livestock
shipping business; manufacturer of drain tile
and cement
products; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1916;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 21st District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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George A. Farr (b. 1924) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Bloomington, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
21, 1924.
Son of George Farr and Ruth (Townley) Farr.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school teacher and
principal; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Minnesota
state auditor, 1958; executive secretary, Gov. Orville
Freeman, 1959-60; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair,
1961-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,
1964.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 1967.
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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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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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Karl F. Grittner (b. 1922) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn., November
22, 1922.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives; member of Minnesota
state senate 39th District, 1959.
Member, American
Federation of Teachers.
Still living as of 1959.
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Benjamin F. Grussendorf (b. 1942) —
of Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in Minnesota, 1942.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1981-; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1985-88, 1991-92.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1992.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Son of John W. Hammond and Ellen Panton (Harding) Hammond.
Democrat. School principal; superintendent of schools;
lawyer;
Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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A. L. Hanson (b. 1854) —
of Hillsboro, Traill
County, Dakota Territory (now N.Dak.); Wahpeton, Richland
County, N.Dak.; Ada, Norman
County, Minn.
Born in Allamakee
County, Iowa, October
28, 1854.
Republican. School teacher; banker;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1907-10, 1915-18 (61st District 1907-10, 64th
District 1915-18); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Minnesota, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Henry A. Johnson (b. 1894) —
of Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn., 1894.
School principal; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 29th District, 1927-28.
Burial
location unknown.
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Coya Gjesdal Knutson (1912-1996) —
also known as Coya Knutson; Cornelia Geneive
Gjesdal —
of Oklee, Red Lake
County, Minn.
Born in Edmore, Ramsey
County, N.Dak., August
22, 1912.
Daughter of Christian Gjesdal and Christine (Anderson) Gjesdal.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1951-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1955-59.
Female.
Died of kidney
failure at nursing
home in Edina, Hennepin
County, Minn., October
10, 1996 (age 84 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hugh Leonard (b. 1865) —
of Millville, Wabasha
County, Minn.
Born in Wabasha
County, Minn., 1865.
Superintendent of schools; farmer;
director and vice-president, Plainview Farmers; Mutual Fire
Insurance Company; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) —
also known as Frank O. Lowden —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861.
Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg) Lowden.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of the
Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 20,
1943 (age 82 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-2005) —
also known as Eugene J. McCarthy; "Clean
Gene" —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Watkins, Meeker
County, Minn., March 29,
1916.
Son of Michael J. McCarthy and Anna (Baden) McCarthy.
School teacher; university
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1949-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1952
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1968,
1972,
1992;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1968, 1976 (Independent).
Catholic.
Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in the Georgetown Retirement
Residence, Washington,
D.C., December
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 256
days).
Interment at St.
Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Woodville, Va.
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James Thompson McCleary (1853-1924) —
also known as James T. McCleary —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.; Maiden Rock, Pierce
County, Wis.
Born in Ingersoll, Ontario,
February
5, 1853.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1893-1907; defeated,
1906.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., December
17, 1924 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Maiden Rock, Wis.
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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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John A. Metcalf —
of Shakopee, Scott
County, Minn.
Automobile
dealer; superintendent of schools; member of Minnesota
state senate 21st District, 1959.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger D. Moe (b. 1944) —
of Ada, Norman
County, Minn.; Erskine, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Crookston, Polk
County, Minn., June 2,
1944.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1971-2002 (66th District 1971-72, 2nd District
1973-2002); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1984
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1998; Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate
for Governor of
Minnesota, 2002.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2007.
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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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Charles A. Peterson (b. 1884) —
of Rosendale, Fond du Lac
County, Wis.
Born in Harris, Chisago
County, Minn., April 12,
1884.
Republican. Farmer;
school teacher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Fond du Lac County 2nd District; elected 1948.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Elias S. Pettijohn (b. 1848) —
of St. Peter, Nicollet
County, Minn.
Born in Pottsville, Union
County, Ill., February
1, 1848.
Superintendent of schools; Nicollet
County Auditor; Minnesota
state treasurer, 1910-11.
Burial
location unknown.
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H. A. Putnam (b. 1865) —
of Otter
Tail County, Minn.
Born in Sherburne
County, Minn., 1865.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1909-22 (59th District 1909-14,
50th District 1915-22).
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Walter Henry Sanborn (1845-1928) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Epsom, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
19, 1845.
Son of Henry F. Sanborn and Eunice (Davis) Sanborn.
School principal; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Minnesota, 1892-1903; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1903-28.
Member, Union
League; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in the Angus Hotel, St.
Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., May 10,
1928 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Mae Schunk —
of Minnesota.
School teacher; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1999-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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Conrad George Selvig (1877-1953) —
also known as Conrad G. Selvig; C. G.
Selvig —
of Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn., October
11, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
school teacher; superintendent of schools; director,
agricultural experiment station for University of Minnesota; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 9th District, 1927-33; defeated,
1932.
Died August 2,
1953 (age 75 years, 295
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Crookston, Minn.
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John J. Sliter (b. 1873) —
of Houston, Houston
County, Minn.
Born near Spring Green, Sauk
County, Wis., 1873.
School teacher; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 1st District, 1915-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Image source:
Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 |
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Sam Solon (1931-2001) —
also known as "Senator Sam" —
of Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.
Born in Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., June 25,
1931.
School teacher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1971-72; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1973-2001; died in office 2001.
Eastern
Orthodox. Greek
ancestry.
Pleaded
guilty in 1995 to telecommunications fraud for letting his
ex-wife make $2,430 in calls on his State Senate telephone line; reprimanded
by the Senate in 1996.
Died, of liver
cancer, in St. Mary's Medical
Center, Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn., December
28, 2001 (age 70 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John D. Sullivan (b. 1862) —
of St. Cloud, Stearns
County, Minn.
Born in Peterborough, Ontario,
November
25, 1862.
School teacher; lawyer; Stearns
County Attorney; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-28 (47th District 1911-14, 45th District
1915-28).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1886
to Elizabeth M. Schmidt. |
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Manual 1917 |
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Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) —
also known as Lauritz S. Swenson —
of Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in New Sweden, Nicollet
County, Minn., June 12,
1865.
Son of Swen
Swenson.
Republican. School principal; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Minnesota, 1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908
(alternate); U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1897-1905, resigned 1905; Switzerland, 1910-11; Norway, 1911-13, 1921-30; Netherlands, 1931-34.
Lutheran.
Died, of heart
disease, in a hospital
at Oslo, Norway,
November
3, 1947 (age 82 years, 144
days).
Interment at Norseland
Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn.
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Henry Oscar Talle (1892-1969) —
also known as Henry O. Talle —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born near Albert Lea, Freeborn
County, Minn., January
12, 1892.
Son of John Talle and Anna (Ovri) Talle.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; superintendent of schools; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Iowa, 1939-59 (4th District 1939-43, 2nd
District 1943-59); defeated, 1936 (4th District), 1958 (2nd District).
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 14,
1969 (age 77 years, 61
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Arthur Edwin Thompson (b. 1891) —
also known as Arthur E. Thompson —
of Washburn, McLean
County, N.Dak.; Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn.
Born September
19, 1891.
Son of Asiak Thompson and Inger (Bergstad) Thompson.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal;
superintendent of schools; North
Dakota superintendent of public instruction, 1933-46; Independent
candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1946.
Lutheran.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Harry L. Wahlstrand (b. 1890) —
of Willmar, Kandiyohi
County, Minn.
Born in Kandiyohi
County, Minn., 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 25th District; member of Minnesota
state senate 25th District, 1939-59.
Burial
location unknown.
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Timothy J. Walz (b. 1964) —
also known as Tim Walz —
of Mankato, Blue Earth
County, Minn.
Born in West Point, Cuming
County, Neb., April 6,
1964.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 2008.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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John Matthew Zwach (1907-1990) —
also known as John M. Zwach —
of Walnut Grove, Redwood
County, Minn.
Born in Gales Township, Redwood
County, Minn., February
8, 1907.
Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1935-46; member of Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1947-65; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 6th District, 1967-75.
Died November
11, 1990 (age 83 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Cemetery, Milroy, Minn.
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