House 1899-1902 (District 50); Senate 1903-14 (District 50)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
St. Louis
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1831 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Cammes, Montgomeryshire
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Wales
Date of Death:
5/9/1917
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Duluth
Occupation (when first elected):
Grain and Produce Commission Business
EDUCATION
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
United States Armed Forces (Indian Wars of 1857 and 1862);
1857 to 1862
Military:
Union Armed Forces (United States Civil War, Provost Marshal);
1862 to 186?
U.S. Executive Branch:
United States Land Office, Fargo, North Dakota (Receiver/Surveyor);
1874 to 1883
State Legislator (Not Minnesota):
North Dakota Legislature (Fargo District);
1885 to 188?
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing and the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1899 list his birth year as 1832. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1901, 1911 and 1913 list 1831.
He came to the United States in 1850 and moved to Mankato, Minnesota in 1855.
He claimed the distinction of having raised the first wheat grown in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
He died in St. Louis County, Minnesota.