Senate 1955-62 (District 65)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Counties Served:
Clearwater, Pennington, Red Lake
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
8/12/1900
Birth Place:
Hatton, North Dakota
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
8/11/1969 (uncertain)
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Goodridge
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer
EDUCATION
Goodridge Public Schools; Elementary School;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Ida Theresa Peterson (married on November 25, 1923)
Children:
Six children: Robert, Lloyd, Kenneth, and Dean (sons); Betty and Jean (daughters)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his death year as 1970. The Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index, In Memoriam, and the Journal of the Senate March 31, 1971, p. 898 list 1969.
He was "active in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party." (In Memoriam, 1971, p. 11)
He died after a tractor accident.
He was a member of First Lutheran Church.
Religion provided by the Journal of the Senate March 31, 1971, p. 898.