House  1959-62  (District 50);  House  1963-68  (District 55)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Otter Tail
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1896
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Germany
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/28/1982
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Congregational
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    H.J.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Pelican Rapids
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Retired/Formerly Engaged in Food Business, Board Member of Fairway Food/County Treasurer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Government: 
                                            Otter Tail County, Minnesota (County Treasurer); 
                         
                         1951 to 1957
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Hattie (she died in 1980)
                                    Children: 
                                    No children
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to New York around 1910.  He came to the Twin Cities in Minnesota around 1916.
He died of lung disease in Pelican Valley Hospital.  His funeral was held at First Congregational Church in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota.  He was buried in Union Cemetery in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.