House  1929-40  (District 7)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Faribault
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1868
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            4/4/1940
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    W.F.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Winnebago
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farm Owner, 200 Acres/Former Hardware and Machinery Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Night School; Secondary; 
Parker College; Attended College; 1892-1895
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Minnesota (Held Town and Village Offices of Public Trust); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Minnesota (Held School Offices of Public Trust); 
                         
                         1??? to 1???
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married (married in 1896)
                                    Children: 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved, when he was ten years old, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with his parents.  As a boy he sold papers and blacked shoes.  He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1884.
He learned the tinners and heating trade.