House 1917-22 (District 12)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Pipestone
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
7/27/1861 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Yorkshire
Birth County:
Birth Country:
England
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Pipestone
Occupation (when first elected):
Real Estate/Former Cashier, Organizer, and President, First National Bank of Pipestone/Former Agent, South Minnesota Land Company/Former Farmer
EDUCATION
College, England; Attended College;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Mayor:
Pipestone, Minnesota;
1916 to 19??
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his birth year as 1862. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1917 and 1921 list 1861.
He came to the United States in August 1879. He farmed in northwestern Iowa and Rock County, Minnesota from 1881 to 1884. He moved to Pipestone, Minnesota in 1885.