Senate  1939-46  (District 14)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Brown, Redwood
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/11/1891
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Milford Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Brown
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            7/23/1955
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Alex
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Springfield
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Minnesota Common Schools; Elementary School; 
New Ulm High School; Secondary; 
Studied Law; In Law Offices in Sleepy Eye and Canby, Minnesota; Admitted to the Bar, 1916
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Springfield, Minnesota (Fire Department); 
                         
                         10/01/1919 to 07/23/1955
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Elizabeth Dahlmann (married on August 11, 1920)
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children: Robert and James (sons), Dorothy and Ardis (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing also lists Sleepy Eye as a city of residence.
He moved to Springfield, Minnesota in 1916.
He was a member of the Orpheus Band.
He died at home in Springfield, Minnesota.
Religion provided by In Memoriam.