Hansen, Bertha Lee 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1939-40  (District 12)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Lincoln
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/18/1882 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Indiana
                                        
                                        
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                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            1/20/1966
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Female
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Former Name: Smith
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Tyler
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Philanthropy; Womans Federation of Clubs, 2nd District President
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    College of Oratory, Marion, Indiana; Attended College; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Senus M. Hansen
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    She was a member of the Republican Party.  (Minnesota Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women)
Toensing lists 1887 as her birth year.  The Minnesota Historical Society death certificate lists her birth date as 1882.
She died in Lincoln County, Minnesota.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/8/1938
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Tyler
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/2/1939 to 1/5/1941
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/3/1939
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Lincoln
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Philanthropy; Womans Federation of Clubs, 2nd District President
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                                    Party Notes: She was a member of the Republican Party.  (Minnesota Legislative Commission on the Economic Status of Women)
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                Board of Control
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Cooperatives
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Markets and Marketing
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Welfare
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Relief
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                University and State Schools
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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