Olsen, J. W. 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1921-22  (District 29)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1864
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Copenhagen
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Denmark
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                | Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Olson | 
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Business, Minneapolis/Former Dean; University of Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 1909-1911
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Freeborn County, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools); 
                         
                         1891 to 1901
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Agency: 
                                            Minnesota State Superintendent of Public Instruction; 
                         
                         1901 to 1909
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Carrie Naylor (married in 1891)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing lists his last name as Olson.  The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1921 and the Minnesota Journal of the House list Olsen.
He came to Freeborn County, Minnesota in 1871.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/2/1920
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Minneapolis
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/3/1921 to 12/31/1922
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/4/1921
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Hennepin
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Business, Minneapolis/Former Dean; University of Minnesota Department of Agriculture, 1909-1911
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Appropriations
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
- 
                                                Cities
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
- 
                                                Elections
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
- 
                                                Public Domain
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
- 
                                                Universities and Schools
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
                     No other information has been entered for this legislator.