House 1933-38 (District 67); Senate 1939-46 (District 67); House 1951-54 (District 67)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Kittson, Marshall, Roseau
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
9/28/1887
Birth Place:
Dalarne
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Sweden
Date of Death:
2/9/1965 (uncertain)
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Roseau
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer
EDUCATION
Milaca Public Schools; At Least Elementary School;
Dexterville Public Schools, Wisconsin; Elementary School;
Crookston Business College; Postsecondary;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Government:
Roseau County, Minnesota (County Assessor);
19?? to 19??
School Board/Administration:
Falun, Minnesota (School Board);
19?? to 19??
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Signe Lundberg (married on April 20, 1933)
Children:
Two children: Edna (daughter), Emery (son)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his death year as 1964. In Memoriam lists 1965.
He moved to Wisconsin. He then lived in Rutledge, Minnesota followed by Milaca, Minnesota. He came to Roseau in 1900. He lived on a farm in Falun Township, Roseau County, Minnesota. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1962.
He "was active in the establishment and development of the Farmer-Labor party in northwestern Minnesota." (In Memoriam, 1965, p. 16)
He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.