House  1937-39  (District 12)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Pipestone
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1858
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Canada
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            3/12/1939
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Thos.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Pipestone
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Medicine
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Country Schools; Elementary School; 
Decorah Institute, Iowa; Secondary; 
Medical Degree; Medicine
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners (20 years; President, 1 term); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Mayor: 
                                            Pipestone, Minnesota (5 terms); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was 1/4 German ancestry.
He was raised on a farm in Iowa.
He moved to Murray County, Minnesota in 1877, with his parents.  He moved to Pipestone, Minnesota around 1904.
He was a collector of German memorabilia which is now housed at Yale University.
He died in Ramsey County, Minnesota.