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    Hompe, John B.

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1889-90 (District 43); Senate 1891-94 (District 48); House 1915-32 (District 50)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Otter Tail

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 2/4/1846
    Birth Place: Amsterdam, Holland
    Birth County:
    Birth Country: Netherlands
    Date of Death: 12/15/1937
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Deer Creek
    Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

    EDUCATION

    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: 147th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment (United States Civil War, Army of the Potomac, Wounded Twice at Gettysburg; Also Wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness); 08/1862 to 1865

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Ella E. Nottingham (married on April 1, 1879)
    Children: Five children: Edward Gordon (son), Bernard A. (son); Howard, Byron, and Herrold
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
    Bernard A. Hompe  - Son
    Edward Gordon Hompe  - Son

    GENERAL NOTES

    Toensing lists his birth year as 1847. The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1889, 1893, 1925, and 1927, and several other sources, list 1846.

    He came to the United States in 1849 and moved to Minnesota in 1876.

    During the United States Civil War he was twice wounded at Gettysburg and was also wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness.

    In 1931, at the age of 85, he became the oldest legislator in the United States. (Fergus Falls Daily Journal, October 19, 1984, p. 6)

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    Total Days Served: 8764

    SESSIONS SERVED

    47th Legislative Session (1931-1932)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/4/1930
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/6/1931 to 1/2/1933
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
    • Municipal Affairs
    • Printing and Publishing
    • Public Highways
    • Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men

    46th Legislative Session (1929-1930)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/6/1928
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/8/1929 to 1/5/1931
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
    • Municipal Affairs
    • Public Highways
    • Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men
    • Towns and Counties

    45th Legislative Session (1927-1928)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/2/1926
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/4/1927 to 1/7/1929
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
    • Public Highways
    • Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men
    • Towns and Counties

    44th Legislative Session (1925-1926)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/4/1924
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/6/1925 to 1/3/1927
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
    • Elections
    • Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men (Chair)
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    • Towns and Counties

    43rd Legislative Session (1923-1924)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/7/1922
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/2/1923 to 1/5/1925
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Commerce, Manufacture and Retail Trade
    • Elections
    • Public Domain
    • Soldiers Home, State Bonus and Ex-Service Men (Chair)
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
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    42nd Legislative Session (1921-1922)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/2/1920
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/4/1921 to 1/1/1923
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agriculture
    • Appropriations
    • Elections
    • Military Affairs
    • Public Health and Hospitals
    • Soldiers Home and State Bonus Act (Chair)

    41st Legislative Session (1919-1920)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/5/1918
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/7/1919 to 1/3/1921
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Horticulture
    • Appropriations
    • Elections
    • Military Affairs
    • Public Welfare and Health (Chair)
    • Soldiers Home
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    40th Legislative Session (1917-1918)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/7/1916
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/2/1917 to 1/6/1919
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agricultural Schools
    • Agriculture and Horticulture (Chair)
    • Appropriations
    • Elections
    • Military Affairs
    • Soldiers Home
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    39th Legislative Session (1915-1916)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 50
    Elected: 11/3/1914
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/5/1915 to 1/1/1917
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agricultural Schools
    • Immigration
    • Public Accounts and Expenditures
    • Public Domain
    • Soldiers Home
    • State Fair
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    28th Legislative Session (1893-1894) (second half of Senate term)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 48
    Elected: 11/4/1890
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/6/1891 to 1/7/1895
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Alliance
    Committees:
    • Grain and Warehouse (Chair)
    • Judiciary
    • Municipal Corporations
    • Reapportionment
    • State Prison

    27th Legislative Session (1891-1892)

      Session Details
    Body: Senate
    District: 48
    Elected: 11/4/1890
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/6/1891 to 1/7/1895
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Alliance
    Committees:
    • Engrossment
    • Finance (Chair)
    • Judiciary
    • Printing
    • Reapportionment
    • Retrenchment and Reform
    Leadership Position: President of the Senate
    Leadership Notes: He was the Acting Presiding Officer (President) of the Senate in 1891 due to the illness of Lieutenant Governor Ives.

    26th Legislative Session (1889-1890)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 43
    Elected: 11/6/1888
    Residence: Deer Creek
    Term of Office: 1/8/1889 to 1/5/1891
    Counties Represented: Otter Tail
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Republican
    Committees:
    • Appropriations (Chair)
    • Labor and Labor Legislation
    • Soldiers Home

    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    "Political Exhibit Opens at Otter Tail Historical Museum." Fergus Falls Daily Journal, October 19, 1984, p. 6 - Article has a typo in the year he turned 85; it lists 1939, it should be 1931.

    Hon. J.B. Hompe Tribute. Minnesota Journal of the House, February 4, 1921, p. 288.



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