Sortedahl, Martin O. 
                
                
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                 House  1919-20  (District 65)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Clearwater, Pennington, Red Lake
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1866
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Goodhue
                                        
                                        
                                            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): 
                                    Red Lake Falls
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Real Estate, Abstracts of Title and Farm Loan Business/Farm Owner and Operator
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Goodhue County Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; until he was 16 years old
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; Attended College; He gave up his studies in his senior year due to failing health.
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            Polk County, Minnesota (Deputy Clerk of District Court); 
                         
                         01/1891 to 1899
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota in the spring of 1899.
                                
                             
                         
                     
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
                
                
                    
                    
                    
                        
                            
                                
                                
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
                                            Elected: 
                                            11/5/1918
                                        
                                        
                                            Residence: 
                                            Red Lake Falls
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                    
                                        Term of Office: 
                                        1/6/1919 to 1/2/1921
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                         Oath Date:   
                                        1/7/1919
                                    
                                    
                                   
                                 
                                
                                    Counties Represented:
                                     Clearwater, Pennington, Red Lake
                                
                                
                                    Occupation: 
                                    Real Estate, Abstracts of Title and Farm Loan Business/Farm Owner and Operator
                                
                                
                                    Party:
                                    Nonpartisan Election
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                    Committees:
                                    
                                    
                                            
                                                
                                            - 
                                                Agriculture and Horticulture
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Drainage
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Legislative Expense
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Markets and Marketing
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                Public Domain
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
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                                                State Development and Immigration
                                                
                                                
                                                
                                            
 
                                
                                    
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                         
                        
                     
                    
                 
                
            
            
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
     
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            
                    
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