House  1913-14  (District 11)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Blue Earth
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            12/7/1873
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Ceresco Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Blue Earth
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            7/19/1919
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Mankato
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer/Former Hardware Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Mankato Normal School; College Graduate; 
Studied Law; Admitted to Practice, 1908
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Council/Aldermen: 
                                            Vernon Center, Minnesota (Village Council, President, 5 terms); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Attorney: 
                                            Mankato, Minnesota (City Attorney, 1 term); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Margaret Lovell (married on November 9, 1904; she died on June 19, 1937)
                                    Children: 
                                    Six children (4 while in office): Stella Margaret, Mary Joyce, and Barbara Ellen (daughters); Charles Francis (son);  (2 born after he left office): Patricia Jean (daughter); Miles Gordon (son)
                                    
                                    
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He died in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota and was buried in Vernon Center Cemetery, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
Birth date, death date, death place, burial place, wedding photo year, and family data provided by his grandson.