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William Clarence Bicknell

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1907-10 (District 57)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Grant, Stevens, Traverse

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 6/28/1855

Birth Place: Parishville, New York

Birth County: St. Lawrence

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: ??/??/1929

Gender: Male

Religion: Congregational

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Morris

Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer

EDUCATION

Country District Schools; Elementary School;
Potsdam State Normal School, New York; College Graduate; Teaching, 1880
University of Michigan, Law Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan; LL.B.; 1885

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

School Board/Administration: Stevens County, Minnesota (County Superintendent of Schools, 2 terms); 1886 to 18?? [Elected]

County Attorney: Stevens County, Minnesota; 1896 to 1908

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Nellie M. Finney (married on June 27, 1888)
Children: Four children: Clarence W., Ira E. (he died before his father served), and Ezra F. (sons); Agnes L. (daughter)

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was of English ancestry.

He was raised on a farm.

"In politics he has always been a Republican." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 205)

He was a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, a member and master of Golden Sheaf Lodge in Morris, Minnesota; a member and high priest of Mount Lebanon Royal Arch Chapter, a member and captain general of Bethel Commandery, and a member of the Shrine in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He attended the Congregational Church.

Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897.