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Engebret E. "E.E." Lobeck
House 1907-10 (District 58); Senate 1915-18 (District 47)
Party when first elected: Prohibition
Counties Served:
Douglas, Pope
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
10/11/1864
Birth Place:
Tryssil Hamar Stift,
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Norway
Date of Death:
10/31/1922
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
E.E.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Alexandria
Occupation (when first elected):
Temperance Lecturer
EDUCATION
Wraaman's Academy; Secondary;
Augsburg Seminary; Postsecondary;
State University, Minnesota; Attended College;
Willmar Seminary; Postsecondary;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Martha Nordby
Children:
Had children
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He came to Minnesota in 1867.
He was raised on a farm near Holmes City, Minnesota.
He was a candidate for governor on the prohibition ticket in the 1912 election (Minneapolis Star, November 1, 1922).
He was a member of the Swedish Augustana synod.
Religion provided by the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1909.
Body:
Senate
District:
47
Elected:
11/3/1914
Residence:
Alexandria
Term of Office:
1/4/1915 to 1/5/1919
Oath Date:
1/5/1915
Counties Represented:
Douglas, Pope
Occupation:
None Listed
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Employers Liability Laws
-
Game and Fish
-
General Legislation
-
Municipal Affairs
-
Temperance
Body:
Senate
District:
47
Elected:
11/3/1914
Residence:
Alexandria
Term of Office:
1/4/1915 to 1/5/1919
Oath Date:
1/5/1915
Counties Represented:
Douglas, Pope
Occupation:
None Listed
Party:
Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
-
Game and Fish
-
General Legislation
-
Municipal Affairs
-
Temperance
Elected:
11/3/1908
Residence:
Alexandria
Term of Office:
1/4/1909 to 1/1/1911
Oath Date:
1/5/1909
Counties Represented:
Douglas
Occupation:
President, Fremad Publishing Co./Director, Park Region Echo/Temperance Lecturer
Party:
Prohibition
Committees:
-
Compensation of Public Officials
-
Printing
-
Public Lands
-
State and Other Libraries
-
State Normal Schools
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State School at Owatonna
Elected:
11/6/1906
Residence:
Alexandria
Term of Office:
1/7/1907 to 1/3/1909
Oath Date:
1/8/1907
Counties Represented:
Douglas
Occupation:
Temperance Lecturer
Party:
Prohibition
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Crimes and Punishment
-
Game and Fish
-
Printing
-
Public Accounts and Expenditures
-
State and Other Libraries
Articles & Books By
-
Lobeck, Engebret. Billeder fra Dodens Dal. Eau Claire, WI: Fremad. Publishing Company, 1899.
- Novel related to temperance and prohibition
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Lobeck, Engebret. Forglemmigei. Eau Claire, WI, 1894.
- A small collection of poems