Date of Birth:
9/20/1894 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Austin, Minnesota
Birth County:
Mower
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
10/10/1991
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Austin
Occupation (when first elected):
Farming, Christgau Brothers
Austin High School, Minnesota; Secondary;
University of Minnesota, College of Agriculture; College Graduate; St. Paul Campus, Agriculture and Economics, 1917 (or 1923 or 1926)
University of Minnesota; Attended Graduate School; Business and Economics, 2 years
Military:
United States Army, 33rd Regiment of Engineers (World War I, France, Sergeant);
1917 to 1918
U.S. Representative:
1st Congressional District, Minnesota;
03/04/1929 to 03/03/1933
[Elected]
U.S. Executive Branch:
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Adjustment Administration (Commodities Division Head, Appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt);
06/1933 to 02/1935
[Appointed]
U.S. Executive Branch:
Minnesota Works Progress Administration (State Administrator);
06/1935 to 06/1938
[Appointed]
State Agency:
Minnesota Division of Employment and Security (Director);
1939 to 1953
State Agency:
Minnesota Department of Employment Security (Commissioner);
1953 to 1954
U.S. Executive Branch:
U.S. Social Security Administration, Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance (Director, Appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower);
1954 to 1963
[Appointed]
U.S. Executive Branch:
U.S. Social Security Administration (Executive Director, Appointed by President John F. Kennedy);
01/1963 to 03/1967
[Appointed]