Senate 1935-42 (District 21)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Carver, Scott
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
5/23/1886
Birth Place:
Mayer, Minnesota
Birth County:
Carver
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
12/27/1959
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Belle Plaine
Occupation (when first elected):
Retail Mercantile Business
EDUCATION
Mayer Public Elementary School; Elementary School;
Hutchinson High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1904
Business College; Postsecondary;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Council/Aldermen:
Belle Plaine, Minnesota (City Council Member);
19?? to 19??
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Lena Fois
Children:
Four children: (3 daughters, 1 son)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing and the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1939 and 1941 list his birth year as 1886. The Minnesota Journal of the Senate, 1961 lists 1861 (probably a typo). He graduated from high school in 1904, so 1886 is the more likely birth year. His birth year is listed on his gravestone as 1886. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.
He moved to Scott County in 1925.
He achieved the 32nd Degree in his Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Knights Templar and a Shriner.