Whaley, Archie

Sessions Served

Other Information

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.