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    Schrom, Ed

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    Senate 1971-72 (District 26); Senate 1973-80 (District 16)

    Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus

    Counties Served:  Meeker, Stearns

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 3/17/1911
    Birth Place: Albany, Minnesota
    Birth County: Stearns
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 1/20/1980
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Catholic
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Albany
    Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

    EDUCATION

    Albany Private and Public Schools; At Least Elementary School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Dorothy
    Children: Three children: Kenneth, Donald, and Eileen
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Special Legislative Concerns: taxes, game and fish.

    He was a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

    He was a member of the Church of Seven Dolars.

    Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1979-80 and the Catholic Bulletin, 3/21/1975.

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    Total Days Served: 3304

    SESSIONS SERVED

    71st Legislative Session (1979-1980) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/1979
    Body: Senate
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/2/1976
    Residence: Albany
    Term of Office: 1/3/1977 to 1/20/1980 (unfinished term)
    Oath Date: 1/4/1977
    Counties Represented: Meeker, Stearns
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Natural Resources
    • Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fish and Wild Life
    • General Legislation and Administrative Rules
    • General Legislation and Administrative Rules: General Legislation (Chair)
    • Joint Agriculture and Natural Resources/Governmental Operations/Local Government/Taxes and Tax Laws/Transportation: Agricultural Land Preservation
    • Local Government
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    • Taxes and Tax Laws: Income Tax
    • Veterans' Affairs
    Reason for unfinished term: Death
    Session Notes: He died while in office on January 20, 1980.

    70th Legislative Session (1977-1978)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1977
    Body: Senate
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/2/1976
    Residence: Albany
    Term of Office: 1/3/1977 to 1/20/1980 (unfinished term)
    Oath Date: 1/4/1977
    Counties Represented: Meeker, Stearns
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Democratic-Farmer-Labor
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Natural Resources
    • Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fish and Wildlife
    • General Legislation and Veterans Affairs
    • Local Government
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    Reason for unfinished term: Death
    Session Notes: He died while in office on January 20, 1980.
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    69th Legislative Session (1975-1976) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/7/1975
    Body: Senate
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/7/1972
    Residence: Albany
    Term of Office: 1/1/1973 to 1/2/1977
    Oath Date: 1/2/1973
    Counties Represented: Meeker, Stearns
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus
    Committees:
    • Labor and Commerce
    • Labor and Commerce: Regulated Industries
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture: Game and Fish (Chair)
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture: Water Resources
    • Taxes and Tax Laws

    68th Legislative Session (1973-1974)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1973
    Body: Senate
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/7/1972
    Residence: Albany
    Term of Office: 1/1/1973 to 1/2/1977
    Oath Date: 1/2/1973
    Counties Represented: Meeker, Stearns
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus
    Committees:
    • Finance: Joint Claims
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture: Game and Fish (Chair)
    • Natural Resources and Agriculture: Water Resources
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    • Transportation and General Legislation
    • Transportation and General Legislation: Veterans Affairs
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    67th Legislative Session (1971-1972)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/1971
    Body: Senate
    District: 26
    Elected: 11/3/1970
    Residence: Albany
    Term of Office: 1/4/1971 to 12/31/1972
    Oath Date: 1/5/1971
    Counties Represented: Stearns
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
    Committees:
    • Agriculture
    • Corrections and Commitments
    • Natural Resoures and Environment
    • Regulated Industries

    OTHER INFORMATION

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    News Sources

    The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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    Senator Gerald Willet, Senator Ed Schrom, Senator Roger Moe, Senate staff person Ardella Tischler, and Senator Howard Olson in a Natural Resources and Agriculture committee hearing, St. Paul, Minnesota. c. 1975-1976. Photo credit: Senate Media ServicesThis image was scanned from the files of the Minnesota Senate Photographer with the generous help of the Minnesota Digital Library..

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