Senate  1947-54  (District 10)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Cottonwood, Jackson
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            8/9/1893
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Minneapolis, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Hennepin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            10/4/1987
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    B.E.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Jackson
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Windom High School; Secondary; Graduate
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1920
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Attorney: 
                                            Jackson County, Minnesota (12 years); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Armed Forces (World War I, served overseas); 
                         
                         191? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Board of Regents: 
                                            University of Minnesota; 
                         
                         04/06/1961 to 03/08/1967
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    
                                    Children: 
                                    One child: Mary Ann
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was raised on a farm in Jackson County, Minnesota.
"He listed himself as a DFLer but often caucused with the Conservative majority of the Senate."  (Star Tribune Obituary, October 30, 1987)
He died in Mesa, Arizona.