Senate 1919-22 (District 13)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Lyon, Yellow Medicine
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
1/5/1876
Birth Place:
Illinois
Birth County:
Kankakee
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
8/6/1956
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Methodist
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Marshall
Occupation (when first elected):
Practicing Law/Former School Teacher, School District #58, Shelburne Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, 1899-1901
EDUCATION
Hand County Country Schools, South Dakota; At Least Elementary School;
Wessington Springs Seminary, South Dakota; College Graduate; 1899; Honoray Doctor of Laws Degree, 1956
St. Paul College of Law; Studied Law; Admitted to Practice, June 1905
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
School Board/Administration:
Marshall, Minnesota (School Board of Education, 21 years);
1??? to 1???
State Board/Commission/Council:
Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (Lyon County);
19?? to 19??
County Attorney:
Lyon County, Minnesota;
1911 to 1919
Municipal Attorney:
Marshall, Minnesota (City Attorney);
1919 to 1926
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Selective Service (Appeal Agent, World War II and Korean War, Lyon County);
194? to 195?
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married (married in January 1906)
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was a Trustee for Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Osman Shrine in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He died, from complications due to injuries received in a January car accident, in Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota.
He was a member of Marshall Methodist Church.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Journal of the Senate, April 5, 1957, p. 1332.