Senate  1915-18  (District 46)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Stearns
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1865
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Grand-Duchy, 
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Luxembourg
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            9/23/1921
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Melrose
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Physician
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Winona Normal School; Attended College; 
University of Minnesota, Medical Department; Medical Degree; 1893
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners (Appointed by Governor Lind); 
                         
                         1899 to 1902
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners (Appointed by Governor Johnson); 
                         
                         1906 to 1912
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Control (Appointed by Governor Burnquist); 
                         
                         07/01/1920 to 04/07/1921
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Control (Appointed by Governor Preus); 
                         
                         04/08/1921 to 09/23/1921
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Agnes Borgerding (Married July 12, 1894)
                                    Children: 
                                    Two daughters: Irene and Marguerite
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Minnesota in 1881.
He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908 (Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1915 and 1917).
He was lain in state on September 25, 1921 before his funeral and burial on September 26 in Minnieska, Minnesota (Minneapolis Star Obituary, September 24, 1921).