Senate  1931-42  (District 11)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Nobles, Rock
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            6/7/1893
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Adrian, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Nobles
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            3/2/1952
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Adrian
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Automobile Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Adrian Public Schools; Elementary School; 
Adrian High School; Secondary; Graduate
Minnesota Business College; Postsecondary; Graduate
Alexander Hamilton Institute; Postsecondary; Extension Work
Blackstone Law Institute; Attended Law School; Extension Work
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Board/Commissioner: 
                                            Nobles County, Minnesota (County Commissioner; First Appointed, Then Elected); 
                         
                         1927 to 193?
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Grace de Neui (married on March 17, 1919)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He had German ancestry on his father's side.
He was "a life-long Republican, elected as a conservative..."  (Crippen, Ray.  "Adrian Man Was Father of First Farm Moratorium Measure."  Worthington Daily Globe, March 14, 1985)
His brother, Emil, was Mayor of Adrian, Minnesota.
He was buried in Adrian Cemetery in Adrian, Minnesota.