House  1935-38  (District 15)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Sibley
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            1/14/1887
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Henderson, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Sibley
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            8/24/1979
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Henderson
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Henderson Public Schools; Elementary School; 
Gustavus Adolphus College; Attended College; Business and Parliamentary Procedures
School of Agriculture; Attended College; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Single
                                    Children: 
                                    No children
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was born and raised on a farm.
He died at Arlington Municipal Hospital in Arlington Township, Minnesota.  His funeral was held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Arlington Township, Minnesota.  He was buried in the church cemetery.
He was lifelong member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Arlington Township, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.