Senate  1947-50  (District 5)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Dodge, Mower
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            10/8/1904
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Waltham Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Mower
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            3/26/1964
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Austin
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer, Owner
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Public School District No. 93, Waltham; At Least Elementary School; 
Trinity Lutheran Parochial School, Waltham; At Least Elementary School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            Waltham, Minnesota (Township Board, 8 years); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Board/Commissioner: 
                                            Mower County, Minnesota (County Commissioner); 
                         
                         1960 to 03/26/1964
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Laura Jackel (married on August 31, 1927)
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children: Duane (son), Barbara (daughter); (2 other children preceded him in death)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    His funeral was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Austin, Minnesota.
He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Waltham Township, Minnesota.  He belonged to the Missouri Synod.
Religion provided by the Journal of the Senate March 31, 1965, p. 796.