Congdon, Chester Adgate

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1909-12 (District 51)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Cook, Lake, St. Louis

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 6/12/1853

Birth Place: Rochester, New York

Birth County:

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 11/21/1916

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Duluth

Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer

EDUCATION

Syracuse University, New York; College Graduate; 1875

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

U.S. Attorney: United States District Attorney, Minnesota; 1881 to ?

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Clara Hesperia Bannister (married around 1881)
Children: Seven children, One adopted child: Walter Bannister, Edward Chester, Marjorie, Helen Clara, John (he died in infancy, 1893), Elisabeth Mannering, and Robert; Alfred Edward Bannister (Clara's nephew, adopted in 1898)

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He came to Minnesota in 1879. He moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1892.

Congdon served as the Minnesota representative to the Republican National Convention in 1916 (MNopedia).

Congdon built Duluth's Glensheen.