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Joseph Bobleter
House 1883-84 (District 9)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Brown
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
4/19/1846
Birth Place:
Dornbirn
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Austria
Date of Death:
??/??/1909
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
New Ulm
Occupation (when first elected):
Editor and Publisher, New Ulm Review
EDUCATION
Common Schools; Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
United States Army, 13th Infantry; United States Navy; and 2nd Iowa Calvary (United States Civil War);
09/15/1862 to 11/1868
Postmaster:
New Ulm, Minnesota;
1873 to 1886
Military:
Minnesota National Guard, 2nd Minnesota Regiment (Colonel);
05/1874 to 18??
State Treasurer/Office:
Minnesota State Treasurer;
01/05/1887 to 01/1895
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Mary Schneider (married on September 5, 1879)
Children:
Eight children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He moved to Dubuque, Iowa in March 1858. He came to Minnesota in 1868.
"Mr. Bobleter has always been a strong Republican." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 232)
He was a member of the Masons.
Elected:
11/7/1882
Residence:
New Ulm
Term of Office:
1/2/1883 to 1/5/1885
Oath Date:
1/2/1883
Counties Represented:
Brown
Occupation:
Editor and Publisher, New Ulm Review
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: "Mr. Bobleter has always been a strong Republican." (Progressive Men of Minnesota, 1897, p. 232)
Committees:
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Hospital for Insane
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Military Affairs (Chair)
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Printing
Session Notes:
From 1849 to 1886, the term of office start date is uncertain.
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