House 1899-1902 (District 50); House 1905-08 (District 50)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
St. Louis
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1851 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Ontario
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Canada
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Duluth
Occupation (when first elected):
Former Deputy Sheriff; Mackinaw County, Michigan/Former Police Force; St. Ignace, Michigan
EDUCATION
Common Schools, Canada; At Least Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Government:
Mackinac County, Minnesota (Deputy Sheriff, several years);
18?? to 18??
Municipal Government:
St. Ignace, Michigan (Police Officer, first one appointed there);
1881 to 18??
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing and the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1905 and 1907 list his birth year as 1851. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1899 lists 1849.
He moved to Michigan in 1880. He came to Duluth, Minnesota in 1892.