Date of Birth: 
                                            10/11/1904 (uncertain)
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Buffalo Lake, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Renville
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            11/30/1992
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
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                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Hutchinson
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farm Owner and Operator
                                
                             
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            District 75, Minnesota (School Board); 
                         
                         1926 to 1935
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Lynn Township, Minnesota (School Board); 
                         
                         1929 to 1935
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            State Lieutenant Governor: 
                                            Minnesota; 
                         
                         01/05/1953 to 05/01/1953
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Rural Electrification Administration Program, Washington D.C. (Administrator); 
                         
                         05/1953 to 1956
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Representative: 
                                            2nd Congressional District, Minnesota; 
                         
                         01/03/1959 to 12/31/1974
                                            [Elected]