House  1919-20  (District 34);  House  1925-40  (District 34);  House  1943-45  (District 34)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            9/1/1880 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Greenwich, New York
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Washington
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            8/9/1945
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    L.E.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Engaged in the Practice of Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Valparaiso University, Indiana; Attended College; 
Studied Law; Law Education at Minneapolis
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: Leroy Earl "L.E." Jr., and Arnold Sheffield (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing lists his birth year as 1881.  The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1919 lists 1880.
He died in Hennepin County, Minnesota.