House  1949-54  (District 50)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Otter Tail
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/11/1902
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Virginia, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            10/3/1990
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    J.A., Turp
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    New York Mills
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Business; Petroleum Products, Farm Machinery, and Automobiles
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Lillian (married in May, 1927)
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children: (2 sons, 1 daughter)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He became a resident of New York Mills in 1912.
He is buried at Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery in New York Mills, Minnesota.