House  1939-60  (District 21)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Carver
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            8/27/1888
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Laketown Township, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Carver
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            5/10/1964
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Chaska
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Chaska High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1907
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Chaska?, Minnesota (Held a Variety of Township and Other Local Offices); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Chaska?, Minnesota (Held School District Office); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
                                    Children: 
                                    Four children
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was the Secretary of Chaska Cooperative Creamery.
He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Chaska, Carver County, Minnesota.