House  1953-54  (District 3);  House  1957-62  (District 3)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Wabasha
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            10/29/1891
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Lake City, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Wabasha
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            10/27/1981
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Lake City
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Lake City Public Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Government: 
                                            Lake City?, Minnesota (Township Assessor); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Lake City, Minnesota (School Board Member); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Laura
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: William and Walter (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1954 election.
"Furst will caucus with the conservatives, as he did in 1953."  ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. Frank Furst."  Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City, Minnesota.
He is buried at Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Lake City, Minnesota.
Religion provided by "Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. Frank Furst,"  Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957.