Senate  1915-18  (District 14)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Brown, Redwood
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            8/10/1858
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Green Lake, Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            5/8/1942
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    L.E.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Springfield
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Board of Regents: 
                                            University of Minnesota (Appointed by Governor Burnquist); 
                         
                         12/06/1920 to 06/28/1922
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Ada May Redford (married in 1885)
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children:  Reuben (son), Mrs. Olive Dahlberg and Mrs. L. Kerr (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Minnesota in 1865.  He moved to Brown County, Minnesota in 1869.