Klemer, Ferdinand L. 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1911-14  (District 28)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Rice
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/4/1856
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Watertown, Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
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                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
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                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Faribault
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    President, Faribault Woolen Mill Co.; Woolen Manufacturing Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Minnesota Public Schools; Elementary School; 
Commercial College; Postsecondary; 
Law School; Attended Law School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Goodhue County, Minnesota with his parents in 1857; and moved to Faribault, Minnesota in the fall of 1864.
An April 19, 1911 news source indicates that he was censured for remarks made on the floor about the speaker.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/5/1912
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Faribault
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/6/1913 to 1/3/1915
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/7/1913
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Rice
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    President, Faribault Woolen Mill Co.; Woolen Manufacturing Business
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Commerce and Retail Trade (Chair)
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                General Legislation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Manufacturers
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                School for Defectives
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Telephone and Telegraph
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                University and University Lands
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Workmens Compensation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/8/1910
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Faribault
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/2/1911 to 1/5/1913
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/3/1911
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Rice
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    President, Faribault Woolen Mill Co.; Woolen Manufacturing Business
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Enrollment
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Logs and Lumber
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Manufactures
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Buildings
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                School for Defectives
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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