Whaley, Archie
House 1937-38 (District 49)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Counties Served:
Clay
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
11/21/1860
Birth Place:
Waukon, Iowa
Birth County:
Allamakee
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
5/29/1938
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Congregational
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Moorhead
Occupation (when first elected):
Former Clay County Sheriff/Former Editor and Publisher, Clay County Hearld, and The Hawley Herald and Country Press at Moorhead
EDUCATION
Waukon Public Schools, Iowa; At Least Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Government:
Clay County, Minnesota (Deputy Sheriff);
1??? to 1???
Municipal Mayor:
Hawley, Minnesota;
1??? to 1???
Municipal Government:
Hawley, Minnesota (Held All Town Offices);
1??? to 1???
County Government:
Clay County, Minnesota (County Sheriff);
1907 to 1915
[Elected]
County Government:
Clay County, Minnesota (County Sheriff);
1927 to 1935
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Ceceila Elaina Swenson (married on June 2, 1899)
Children:
Six children: Julia Josephine, Cleora May, and Esther Marie (daughters); John Arthur, Ralph D., and Irvin Archibald (he died in 1931, before his dad served) (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Jim Joy
- Great Great Grandson
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Norwegian ancesty on his mother's side.
He moved ot Clay County, Minnesota in 1879. He moved to Moorhead, Minnesota in 1906.
He was a founding member of the Farmer-Labor Party. (Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1937)
He died at Many Point Lake, Becker County, Minnesota. He was buried in Hawley Cemetery in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota.
Religion provided by A History of Clay and Norman Counties, 1918.
Elected:
11/3/1936
Residence:
Moorhead
Term of Office:
1/4/1937 to 5/29/1938
(unfinished term)
Oath Date:
1/5/1937
Counties Represented:
Clay
Occupation:
Former Clay County Sheriff/Former Editor and Publisher, Clay County Hearld, and The Hawley Herald and Country Press at Moorhead
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Party Notes: He was a founding member of the Farmer-Labor Party. (Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1937)
Committees:
-
Crime Prevention
-
Elections
-
Game and Fish
-
General Legislation
-
Printing and Publishing
-
Reforestation
-
University and State Schools
Reason for unfinished term:
Death
No other information has been entered for this legislator.