Senate  1911-14  (District 35);  Senate  1915-22  (District 39)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Democratic
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Ramsey
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            3/7/1855
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Oost Eysden, Limburg Holland
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Netherlands
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            10/11/1927 (uncertain)
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint Paul
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Board of Public Works, St. Paul/Former Livestock and Packing Business, VanHoven Incorporated
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    College of Hassel, Belgium; Attended College; Alternate spellings of Hassalt and Hasselt also listed
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            St. Paul, Minnesota (Board of Public Works, Elected President in 1909); 
                         
                         1902 to 19??
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Augusta Ziegler
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children: Alma (daughter), Paul and Henry (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He first came to New York in 1874, after his money was stolen, he returned to the Netherlands.  He came back to New York then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1876.
He founded the VanHoven Incorporated plant in New Brighton, Minnesota in 1886.
He died at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Family data provoded by his grandson.
Religion provided byhis grandson.