House  1903-06  (District 25);  Senate  1911-14  (District 25)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Carver
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            6/2/1872
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Benton Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Carver
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            9/15/1961
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Evangelical Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Chas., Charley
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Chaska
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Brick Manufacturer/Former Rural School Teacher, 3 Years
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Carver County Rural Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Lutheran Parochial School; Elementary School; 
Curtis Business College, St. Paul; Postsecondary; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Chaska, Minnesota (School Board of Education, President for Nearly 20 Years); 
                         
                         1900 to 19??
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Mathilda Anna Bauermeister (married in 1897)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was born on a farm.
He moved to Chaska, Minnesota in 1897.
He is buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota.
He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaska, Minnesota.
Religion provided by In Memoriam.