Christianson, Theodore Andrew
House 1915-24 (District 24)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Lac Qui Parle
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
9/12/1883
Birth Place:
Lac Qui Parle Township, Minnesota
Birth County:
Lac Qui Parle
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
12/10/1948
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Christian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Dawson
Occupation (when first elected):
Newspaper Editor, Dawson
EDUCATION
Dawson High School; Secondary;
University of Minnesota, Arts College; College Graduate; Minneapolis Campus, 1906
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1909; Admitted to the Bar, 1909
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Dawson, Minnesota (Village Council, President);
1910 to 1911
State Governor:
Minnesota;
01/06/1925 to 01/06/1931
[Elected]
U.S. Representative:
At Large Congressional District, Minnesota;
03/04/1933 to 01/1935
[Elected]
U.S. Representative:
5th Congressional District, Minnesota;
01/03/1935 to 01/03/1937
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Ruth E. Donaldson Christianson (first wife, married June 4, 1907); Mayme Bialeschki Bundy Christianson (Shipley) (second wife, married in 1946)
Children:
Two children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Norwegian ancestry.
He was born on a farm.
He sought and lost the nomination to the United States Senate in 1930.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1936.
He was a member of the Republican Party.
His son, Theodore Christianson, Jr. was an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Religion provided by In Memoriam.
Elected: 11/7/1922
Residence: Dawson
Term of Office: 1/2/1923 to 1/5/1925
Counties Represented:
Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Appropriations (Chair)
-
Judiciary
Elected: 11/2/1920
Residence: Dawson
Term of Office: 1/4/1921 to 1/1/1923
Counties Represented:
Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Appropriations (Chair)
-
Judiciary
-
Soldiers Home and State Bonus Act
Elected: 11/5/1918
Residence: Dawson
Term of Office: 1/7/1919 to 1/3/1921
Counties Represented:
Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Appropriations (Chair)
-
Board of Control and Public Buildings
-
Civil Administration
-
Judiciary
Elected: 11/7/1916
Residence: Dawson
Term of Office: 1/2/1917 to 1/6/1919
Counties Represented:
Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Newspaper Editor
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Appropriations (Chair)
-
Education
-
Elections
-
Judiciary
Elected: 11/3/1914
Residence: Dawson
Term of Office: 1/5/1915 to 1/1/1917
Counties Represented:
Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Newspaper Editor, Dawson
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Judiciary
-
Judiciary: Pleading and Criminal Law
-
Judiciary: Remedial Law
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Printing
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Public Accounts and Expenditures
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State Hospitals
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State School at Owatonna