Elmer, James P. 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1913-14  (District 36)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Ramsey
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1857
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            New Jersey
                                        
                                        
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                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1923
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
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                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint Paul
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Life Insurance Business, Tarbox-Elmer Agency/Former Manufacturer's Agent & Railroad Supplies, Mercantile Business/Former City Passenger Agent and General Passenger Agent, Chicago Great Western Railway
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Survey of the Reservoir Dams of the Upper Mississippi River; 
                         
                         1880 to 1882
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Minnesota in 1880.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/5/1912
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Saint Paul
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/6/1913 to 1/3/1915
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/7/1913
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Ramsey
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Life Insurance Business, Tarbox-Elmer Agency/Former Manufacturer's Agent & Railroad Supplies, Mercantile Business/Former City Passenger Agent and General Passenger Agent, Chicago Great Western Railway
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
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                                                Cities
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Drainage
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Immigration (Chair)
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Insurance
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Temperance Legislation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Transportation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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