House  1907-10  (District 45)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Anoka, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/9/1866
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            East Burlington, Illinois
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Kane
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1947
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Elk River
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Engaged in the Practice of Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Clear Lake Common Schools; Elementary School; 
Monticello High School; Secondary; 
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; June 7, 1894; Admitted to the Bar, June 8, 1894
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            Minnesota State Militia, Company B, 1st Regiment (about 2.5 years); 
                         
                         1887 to 1889
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Attorney: 
                                            Sherburne County, Minnesota (10 years); 
                         
                         189? to 1???
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Clear Lake, Minnesota in May 1872.
"He is, as already stated, a Republican." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 264)