House  1951-54  (District 52)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Cass
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/8/1902
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Argyle, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Marshall
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            9/30/1980
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             United Church of Christ
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    G.E.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Pequot Lakes
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Owner and Operator, Dairy and Sheep Farm
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Spooner Public Schools; Elementary School; 
Baudette High School; Secondary; Graduate
U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut; Postsecondary; 
University of Minnesota; Attended College; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            Minnesota (Town Board, Chair); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Agency: 
                                            Minnesota (Forest Ranger); 
                         
                         1926 to 1946
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Ruth Strathern
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1969.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in a contested 1956 election with Seth R. Phillips.  Neither one was seated on the first day of the 1957 Session.  After an investigation by the House, the seat was declared vacant and a special election was held.  Robert Renner won the special election.
His funeral was held at Cherokee Park United Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.  He was buried in Pine Bend Cemetery in Rosemount, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.