Chirhart, Oliver

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1919-20 (District 45)

Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election

Counties Served: Benton, Sherburne

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 8/16/1875

Birth Place: Brockway Township, Minnesota

Birth County: Stearns

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 11/22/1962

Gender: Male

Religion: Catholic

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Sauk Rapids

Occupation (when first elected): Real Estate/Insurance/Former Banking Business/Former Mercantile Business/Former Teacher; Brockway Township, 8 years

EDUCATION

Stearns County Common Schools; Elementary School; 8th Grade

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Judge: Stearns and Benton Counties, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace, Held the Office a Number of Times in Both Counties); 1897 to 1??? [Elected]

Municipal Mayor: Rice, Minnesota; 1910 to 1910

Municipal Mayor: Rice, Minnesota; 1914 to 1914

Municipal Mayor: Sauk Rapids, Minnesota; 1916 to 1917

Municipal Mayor: Rice, Minnesota; 1928 to 1928

Judge: St. Cloud, Minnesota (Justice of the Peace); 1940 to 1952 [Elected]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Mary Lahr (married on September 19, 1899)
Children: Nine children: Emma, Anna (died in infancy), Alfred (died in infancy), Theresa, Ambrose, Leonard, Herbert, Aloysius, and Geraldine
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

His funeral was held at St. Anthony's Catholic Church. He was buried in Assumption Cemetery in Stearns County, Minnesota.

Family member names provided by his granddaughter.

Religion provided by his granddaughter.