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    Collins, Loren Warren "L.W."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1881-82 (District 31); House 1883-84 (District 40)

    Party when first elected:  Not Available

    Counties Served:  Stearns

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 8/7/1838
    Birth Place: Lowell, Massachusetts
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 9/27/1912
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Unitarian
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: L.W.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Cloud
    Occupation (when first elected): Lawyer

    EDUCATION

    Massachusetts Common Schools; Elementary School;
    Massachusetts Common Schools; Secondary;
    Studied Law; Smith, Smith, and Crosby Law Firm; Hastings, Minnesota

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: 7th Minnesota Infantry; and 16th Army Corps, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division (Campaign Against the Sioux Indians/United States Civil War, 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant, Captain); 1862 to 08/12/1865
    Judge: 7th Judicial District, Minnesota (Judge); 1867 to 18?? [Appointed]
    County Attorney: Stearns County, Minnesota (8 years); 187? to 188? [Elected]
    Municipal Mayor: St. Cloud, Minnesota; 1876 to 1878
    Municipal Mayor: St. Cloud, Minnesota; 1880 to 1880
    Judge: Minnesota District Court (Judge); 1883 to 1887
    Judge: Minnesota Supreme Court (Associate Justice; First Appointed by Governor McGill, Then Elected); 11/16/1887 to 04/01/1904 [Appointed]

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Ella M. Stewart (married on September 4, 1878; she died on May 31, 1894)
    Children: Three children: Stewart Garfield, Louis Loren, and Loren Fletcher
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1881 lists his first initial as both L. and S. It appears the S was a typo. All other sources checked list L. or Loren for his first name.

    He moved to Chicopee, Massachusetts in 1840, with his parents. They then moved to Palmer, Massachusetts in 1851. He came to Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota in 1853 or 1854. He moved to St. Cloud, Minnesota around 1866.

    When he ran for the Minnesota Supreme Court his opponents were endorsed by the Democratic and Populist parties.

    He ran unsuccessfully for Minnesota Governor in 1904.

    He was a member of the Masonic Order.

    He died at home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    Religion provided by Progressive Men of Minnesota.

    Total Days Served: 1463

    SESSIONS SERVED

    23rd Legislative Session (1883-1884)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/7/1882
    Residence: Saint Cloud
    Term of Office: 1/2/1883 to 1/5/1885
    Counties Represented: Stearns
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Finance (Chair)
    • Temperance Legislation (Chair)

    22nd Legislative Session (1881-1882)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 31
    Elected: 11/2/1880
    Residence: Saint Cloud
    Term of Office: 1/4/1881 to 1/1/1883
    Counties Represented: Stearns
    Occupation: Lawyer
    Party: Not Available
    Committees:
    • Joint University and University Lands
    • Judiciary
    • Normal Schools (Chair)

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    Minnesota Supreme Court. "Loren W. Collins." Biographical Sketches of Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from Territorial Days to 1990, St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, 1990, p. 19.

    Shutter, Marion Daniel. "Loren Warren Collins." Progressive Men of Minnesota, Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal, 1897, p. 32.


    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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