House 1931-42 (District 19); House 1945-46 (District 19)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Goodhue
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
1/27/1904
Birth Place:
Frontenac, Minnesota
Birth County:
Goodhue
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
10/14/1987
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Episcopalian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Red Wing
Occupation (when first elected):
Lawyer
EDUCATION
Central High School, Red Wing; Secondary; Graduate
Georgetown University; Attended College;
National University, Law School, Washington D.C.; Law Degree; 1926; Admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1932
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judge:
Red Wing, Minnesota (Municipal Judge, Appointed by Governor Orville Freeman);
1955 to 1972
[Appointed]
Judge:
Goodhue and Wabasha Counties, Minnesota (Judicial Officer/County Court Judge);
1973 to 1983
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Francis R. Shugrue (she died in 1963); June Reynolds (remarried on July 16, 1966)
Children:
Three children: James, and Ervin Peter (sons); Margaret Ann (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was a member of the Masons, Elks, and Red Men.
He died at Lake City Hospital in Minnesota. His funeral was held at Christ Episcopal Church in Frontenac, Minnesota. He was buried in Frontenac Cemetery.
He was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Lake City, Minnesota, and Christ Episcopal Church in Frontenac, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.