Sorflaten, Gilbert 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1915-16  (District 5)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Mower
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Grand Meadow, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Mower
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
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                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Austin
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farm Land and Investment Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Grand Meadow Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Valparaiso University, Law School, Indiana; Law Degree; 1903
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/3/1914
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Austin
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/4/1915 to 12/31/1916
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/5/1915
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Mower
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Farm Land and Investment Business
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                Agriculture and Horticulture
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Immigration
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Domain
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                State School at Owatonna
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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