House 1915-24 (District 24)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Lac Qui Parle
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
9/12/1883
Birth Place:
Lac Qui Parle Township, Minnesota
Birth County:
Lac Qui Parle
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
12/9/1948
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Christian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Dawson
Occupation (when first elected):
Newspaper Editor, Dawson
EDUCATION
Dawson High School; Secondary;
University of Minnesota, Arts College; College Graduate; Minneapolis Campus, 1906
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1909; Admitted to the Bar, 1909
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Dawson, Minnesota (Village Council, President);
1910 to 1911
State Governor:
Minnesota;
01/06/1925 to 01/06/1931
[Elected]
U.S. Representative:
At Large Congressional District, Minnesota;
03/04/1933 to 01/1935
[Elected]
U.S. Representative:
5th Congressional District, Minnesota;
01/03/1935 to 01/03/1937
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Ruth E. Donaldson Christianson (first wife, married June 4, 1907; she died in August of 1944); Mayme Bialeschki Bundy Christianson (Shipley) (second wife, married May 30, 1946)
Children:
Two children: Robert J. and Theodore, Jr. (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Norwegian ancestry.
He was born on a farm.
He sought and lost the nomination to the United States Senate in 1930.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1936.
He was a member of the Republican Party.
His son, Theodore Christianson, Jr. was an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
He is buried at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Religion provided by In Memoriam.