Senate  1935-46  (District 2)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Winona
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            7/6/1900
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Preston, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Fillmore
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            8/27/1998
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Catholic
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    M.J.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Winona
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Lawyer
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Winona High School; Secondary; Graduate
Winona State Teachers College; Attended College; 
University of Minnesota; Attended College; 
Creighton University, College of Law, Omaha, Nebraska; Law Degree; 1925
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota Safety Council (President); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            United States Army (World War I); 
                         
                         191? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children: Michael J. Jr. (son), Sheila and Mary (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was born on a farm.
He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1925.  He came to Winona, Minnesota in 1927.  He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1946.
He died at the Marian Care Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.  His funeral was held at St. Louis Catholic Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.  He was buried in Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.