House 1955-62 (District 12); House 1963-64 (District 19)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Counties Served:
Murray
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
11/20/1908
Birth Place:
Lakefield, Minnesota
Birth County:
Jackson
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
6/23/1974
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Lutheran
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Balaton
Occupation (when first elected):
Teacher/Merchant, Current Lake General Store/Farmer
EDUCATION
Pierpont and Bristol, South Dakota Schools; Elementary School;
Clarkfield High School; Secondary;
Teacher Training Department; Montevideo, Minnesota; Teaching certificate;
Augsburg College; B.A.;
Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary, Plymouth; Masters Degree; Ministry, Ordained in 1968
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
School Board/Administration:
Ellsborough Township, Minnesota (School Board, Chair);
1945 to 1949
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Eight children: (7 sons, 1 daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He became an ordained Lutheran minister in 1968.
He "leans Democratic and caucuses with the liberal majority." ("Know your Legislators," Minneapolis Star, 1960-1961).
He died of a heart attack during a church service that he was conducting in Granite Falls, Minnesota. His funeral services were held at Faith Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, Minnesota, and at Ellsborough Lutheran Church in rural Balaton, Minnesota. He was buried in Ellsborough, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.