House 1923-26 (District 3); Senate 1931-34 (District 3)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election
Counties Served:
Wabasha
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
5/22/1873
Birth Place:
Plainview Township, Minnesota
Birth County:
Wabasha
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
3/3/1967
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Presbyterian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
B.C.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Wabasha
Occupation (when first elected):
Farm Owner and Operator, General Farming and Stock Raising
EDUCATION
Plainview Public Schools; At Least Elementary School;
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota; Attended College;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Board/Commission:
Plainview, Minnesota (Town Board, 6 years);
1??? to 1???
School Board/Administration:
Plainview, Minnesota (Board of Education, 10 years);
1??? to 1???
County Board/Commissioner:
Wabasha County, Minnesota (County Commissioner; President, 1 year);
1916 to 1922
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Grace Landon (married on December 28, 1898; she died in 1959)
Children:
Five children: B.W., George, Russell, Millard (worked in the Minnesota Senate), and Blake C. Jr. (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He died in the Samaritan Rest Home in Rochester, Minnesota. His funeral was held on March 6, 1967 at the Community Presbyterian Church of Plainview, Minnesota. He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
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