Hartshorn, Benjamin F. "B.F."
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1895-98  (District 46)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1834
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Ohio
                                        
                                        
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                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
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                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
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                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    B.F.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Staples
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Studied Law; Viroqua, Wisconsin; Admitted to the Lancaster, Wisconsin Bar
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            Viroqua, Wisconsin (Clerk of Court); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Legislator (Not Minnesota): 
                                            Iowa Legislature (1 term); 
                         
                         1870 to 187?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Wisconsin in 1840.  He later moved to Mason City, Iowa in the middle  1860s.  He then moved to Minnesota in 1878.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/3/1896
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Philbrook
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/4/1897 to 1/1/1899
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/5/1897
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                Corporations Other Than Municipal
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Judiciary
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Roads, Bridges and Navigable Streams (Chair)
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Taxes and Tax Laws
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/6/1894
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Staples
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/7/1895 to 1/3/1897
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/8/1895
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Crow Wing, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Republican
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Incorporations Other Than Municipal
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Judiciary
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Judiciary: General Legislation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Judiciary: Police Regulation (Chair)
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Judiciary: Taxation
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Lands
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Taxes and Tax Laws
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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