House 1901-02 (District 29)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Goodhue
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
12/20/1862 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Hay Creek, Minnesota
Birth County:
Goodhue
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Methodist, Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Hay Creek
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer/Formerly Taught School, 2 years
EDUCATION
Hay Creek District Schools; Elementary School;
Red Wing High School; Secondary; 1 year
Curtiss Business College, Minneapolis; Postsecondary; 4 month course
Wesleyan University, Mount Pleasant, Iowa; College Graduate; 1890
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judge:
Hay Creek, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace, 2 years);
1??? to 1???
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Emily Saupe (married on May 6, 1897)
Children:
Four children (two children while in office): Horace E., Eugene P., and Jerome L. (born after he left office), (sons); Ruth D. (born after he left office), (daughter)
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his birth year as 1863. History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, 1909 lists 1862.
He was of German ancestry.
He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
He was a member of the Knights of Pythias.
He was a member of the Methodist and English Lutheran churches.
Religion provided by History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, 1909.