House  1903-06  (District 22)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Renville
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/5/1859 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Cottonwood Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Brown
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Beaver Falls
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Council/Aldermen: 
                                            Morton, Minnesota (Village Council); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Morton, Minnesota (Held Other Offices); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Government: 
                                            Renville County, Minnesota (County Sheriff); 
                         
                         01/01/1890 to 1900
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Clara Hummel (married on October 17, 1884)
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children:  Vera (daughter);  Edward, and Arthur II (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The History of Renville County, Minnesota says he was born in 1859 but Toensing lists his birth year as 1860.  The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1903 and 1905 do not list a birth year.
He was a member of the German Lutheran Church.
Religion provided by The History of Renville County, Minnesota.