Date of Birth: 
                                            10/15/1885
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Delavan, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Faribault
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            7/4/1986
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Theodore
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Madison
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law/Formerly Taught School, Country Schools
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                    Boyd High School; Secondary; 
Madison Lutheran Normal School; College Graduate; 1906
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; B.A.; 1912
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1915; Admitted to the Bar, 1915
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            Minnesota National Guard, Company M, 135th Infantry and United States 28th Army Infantry, 1st Division (Mexican Border and World War I;  Wounded in Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918; Purple Heart, Silver Star, and French Croix-de-Guerre Recipient, Captain); 
                         
                         1916 to 191?
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judge: 
                                            Madison, Minnesota (Judge of Probate); 
                         
                         1920 to 1922
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Attorney: 
                                            Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota; 
                         
                         1922 to 1928
                                            [Elected]
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Attorney: 
                                            Madison, Minnesota (City Attorney); 
                         
                         1930 to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judge: 
                                            Madison, Minnesota (Judge of Probate, Juvenile Judge, and Municipal Judge); 
                         
                         194? to 19??