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Iver J. Lee

Sessions Served    Other Information

House 1909-12 (District 58); House 1915-16 (District 47); Senate 1919-30 (District 47)

Party when first elected:  Republican

Counties Served:  Douglas, Pope

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: ??/??/1861
Birth Place: Gudbransdalen
Birth County:
Birth Country: Norway
Date of Death: ??/??/1937
Gender: Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected): Glenwood
Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

EDUCATION

Pope County Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; Attended During Winter Months
St. Cloud Normal School; College Graduate; 1884

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

School Board/Administration: Pope County, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools); 1886 to 1898 [Elected]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Married
Children: Nine children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He came to Pope County, Minnesota in 1872 with his parents.

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Total Days Served: 6573

SESSIONS SERVED

46th Legislative Session (1929-1930) (second half of Senate term)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/8/1929
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/2/1926
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/3/1927 to 1/4/1931
Oath Date: 1/4/1927
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Banks and Banking
  • Dairy Products and Live Stock
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Markets and Marketing
  • Public Highways
  • Soldiers Home
  • Temperance (Chair)
  • Towns and Counties

45th Legislative Session (1927-1928)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1927
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/2/1926
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/3/1927 to 1/4/1931
Oath Date: 1/4/1927
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Banks and Banking
  • Dairy Products and Live Stock
  • Education
  • Markets and Marketing
  • Public Highways
  • Soldiers Home
  • Temperance (Chair)
  • Towns and Counties
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44th Legislative Session (1925-1926) (second half of Senate term)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/6/1925
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/7/1922
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/1/1923 to 1/2/1927
Oath Date: 1/2/1923
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Dairy Products and Live Stock
  • Education
  • Markets and Marketing
  • Public Highways
  • Soldiers Home
  • Towns and Counties

43rd Legislative Session (1923-1924)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1923
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/7/1922
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/1/1923 to 1/2/1927
Oath Date: 1/2/1923
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Education
  • Election
  • Markets and Marketing
  • Re-apportionment
  • Towns, Counties and Municipalities
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42nd Legislative Session (1921-1922) (second half of Senate term)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1921
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/5/1918
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/6/1919 to 12/31/1922
Oath Date: 1/7/1919
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Corporations and Commerce
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Re-apportionment
  • Temperance
  • Towns, Counties and Municipalities
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41st Legislative Session (1919-1920)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/7/1919
Body: Senate
District: 47
Elected: 11/5/1918
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/6/1919 to 12/31/1922
Oath Date: 1/7/1919
Counties Represented: Douglas, Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Commerce, Manufactures and Trade
  • Dairy Products and Live Stock
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Temperance
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39th Legislative Session (1915-1916)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/1915
Body: House
District: 47
Elected: 11/3/1914
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/4/1915 to 12/31/1916
Oath Date: 1/5/1915
Counties Represented: Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Agricultural Schools
  • Dairy Products and Live Stock
  • Forestry
  • Game and Fish
  • Reapportionment
  • State and Other Libraries
  • Temperance Legislation
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37th Legislative Session (1911-1912)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/1911
Body: House
District: 58
Elected: 11/8/1910
Residence: Starbuck
Term of Office: 1/2/1911 to 1/5/1913
Oath Date: 1/3/1911
Counties Represented: Pope
Occupation: Farmer/Formerly Taught School
Party: Republican
Committees:
  • Agricultural Schools
  • Appropriations
  • Express and Electric Railways
  • Roads and Bridges
  • Towns and Counties
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36th Legislative Session (1909-1910)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/1909
Body: House
District: 58
Elected: 11/3/1908
Residence: Glenwood
Term of Office: 1/4/1909 to 1/1/1911
Oath Date: 1/5/1909
Counties Represented: Pope
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Republican
Committees:
  • Agriculture
  • Binding Twine
  • Crimes and Punishment
  • Education
  • Engrossment
  • Grain and Warehouse
  • Reapportionment
  • State Normal Schools
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