Oraas, Telford V.
House 1939-48 (District 13)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Yellow Medicine
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
8/21/1906
Birth Place:
Normania Township, Minnesota
Birth County:
Yellow Medicine
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Clarkfield
Occupation (when first elected):
Formerly Taught School in Lyon County/Custom Feed Grinding and Threshing/Volunteer Work
EDUCATION
Usual School; Elementary School;
Morris Agricultural School; College Graduate; 1927
Moorhead State Teachers College; College Graduate; 1933
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
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Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He taught school in Lyon County, 1934-35; and recreational and adult educational work, 1943-44.
Elected:
11/5/1946
Residence:
Clarkfield
Term of Office:
1/6/1947 to 1/2/1949
Oath Date:
1/7/1947
Counties Represented:
Yellow Medicine
Occupation:
Farmer/Portable Feed Grinding
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
Committees:
-
Communications
-
Education
-
Labor
-
Reapportionment
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Temperance and Liquor Control
Elected:
11/7/1944
Residence:
Clarkfield
Term of Office:
1/1/1945 to 1/5/1947
Oath Date:
1/2/1945
Counties Represented:
Yellow Medicine
Occupation:
Farmer/Portable Feed Grinding
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
Committees:
-
Communications
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Education
-
Labor
-
Public Institutions
-
Temperance and Liquor Control
Elected:
11/3/1942
Residence:
Clarkfield
Term of Office:
1/4/1943 to 12/31/1944
Oath Date:
1/5/1943
Counties Represented:
Yellow Medicine
Occupation:
Farmer/Feed Grinder/Thresher/Former Teacher, Lyon County
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Agriculture
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Education
-
Elections
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Labor
-
Markets and Marketing
Elected:
11/5/1940
Residence:
Clarkfield
Term of Office:
1/6/1941 to 1/3/1943
Oath Date:
1/7/1941
Counties Represented:
Yellow Medicine
Occupation:
Formerly Taught School in Lyon County/Custom Feed Grinding and Threshing
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Civil Administration
-
Education
-
Enrollment and Engrossment
Elected:
11/8/1938
Residence:
Clarkfield
Term of Office:
1/2/1939 to 1/5/1941
Oath Date:
1/3/1939
Counties Represented:
Yellow Medicine
Occupation:
Formerly Taught School in Lyon County/Custom Feed Grinding and Threshing/Volunteer Work
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Education
-
Public Health and Hospitals
-
Relief
-
State Prison
No other information has been entered for this legislator.