Senate  1899-1902  (District 55)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Populist
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Kandiyohi
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1856
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1906 (uncertain)
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Oley
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Grue
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; College Graduate; 1879
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing and Minnesota Place Names list his first name as Ole.  The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1899 and 1901 list Oley.
Toensing lists his death year as 1906.  Minnesota Place Names lists 1916.
He came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Carver County.