House  1959-62  (District 25);  House  1963-66  (District 23)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Swift
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            10/28/1920
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Appleton, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Swift
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            8/13/2009
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Marty
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Appleton
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Editor and Publisher, Appleton Press
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Appleton High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1938
University of Notre Dame; Attended College; 1938-1941
University of Missouri; B.A.; History and Political Science, 1941-42
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Appleton, Minnesota (Public Library Board); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            Blue Earth, Minnesota (Planning Commission); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota Ethical Practices Board; 
                         
                         09/05/1984 to 04/1991
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Elizabeth "Betty" Jane Nolan
                                    Children: 
                                    Nine children: Martin III "Mick" "Marty", Dan, Vince, Kevin "Kev", Sean, Brendan, and Michael (sons); Margaret "Meg", and Maureen (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He is of Irish ancestry.
He is the first cousin to Nora Slawik's mother.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for House district 48A in 1966.
He suffered from asthma.
He died of kidney failure at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
His funeral was held at Holy Childhood Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his family.