Senate  1907-10  (District 16)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Pipestone, Rock
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            12/27/1855
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Westfield, Wisconsin
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            7/13/1936
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Luverne
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Practicing Law/Formerly Taught School, 4 years
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Rochester Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Studied Law; Under Charles C. Wilson, Esq., Rochester, Minnesota; Admitted to the Bar, 1881
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Board/Commission: 
                                            Luverne, Minnesota (Library Board Member, a number of years); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Luverne, Minnesota (School Board Member, 6 years); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            County Attorney: 
                                            Rock County, Minnesota (about 14 years); 
                         
                         1885 to 1899
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Carrie A. Hills (Married March 15, 1878)
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: Nina and Arden
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Olmsted County, Minnesota in 1866, with his parents.  He moved to Luverne, Minnesota around 1881.
He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota.