Quam, Nels 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1889-90  (District 36)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Kandiyohi
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1859 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Havana, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Steele
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1937
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Lake Andrew
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Augsburg Seminary; Postsecondary; Few Years (The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1889 lists Augsbury Seminary)
                                
                             
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing lists his birth year as 1859.  The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1889 lists 1869.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/6/1888
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Lake Andrew
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/7/1889 to 1/4/1891
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/8/1889
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Kandiyohi
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Farmer
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
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                                                Agriculture and Manufactures
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Railroads
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                School for Defectives
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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