House  1959-62  (District 17);  House  1963-66  (District 12);  House  1967-70  (District 7B)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Le Sueur, Rice
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/23/1909
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Lanesburg Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Le Sueur
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            6/24/1985
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Geo. B.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Le Center
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    St. Mary's Elementary School, Le Center; Elementary School; 
Le Center High School; Secondary; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            Cordova, Minnesota (Township Board); 
                         
                         1943 to 1958
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Agnes Budin (married on September 16, 1930; she died on December 4, 1979); Widower; Amelia Gabutti (remarried on April 8, 1980)
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children (while in office, with Agnes), Two stepchildren (after he left office): Marion, Jean and Jan (daughters); Gregory (son); David (stepson), Janet (stepdaughter)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to a rural area near Le Center, Minnesota in 1911, with his family.  He retired to Spring Hill, Florida.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.
He died from a heart attack while fishing on Lake Jefferson near his summer home in Cleveland, Minnesota.  His funeral was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church.  He was buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Religion provided by his obituary.