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    Hartle, John A.

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1935-62 (District 16); House 1963-66 (District 8); House 1967-68 (District 3A)

    Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election

    Counties Served:  Steele

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 8/6/1891 (uncertain)
    Birth Place: Havana Township, Minnesota
    Birth County: Steele
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 4/5/1979
    Gender: Male
    Religion: United Church of Christ, Presbyterian
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Owatonna
    Occupation (when first elected): Farm Owner/Breeder of Purebred Livestock

    EDUCATION

    Steele County Country Schools; Elementary School;
    Owatonna High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1908

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    County Board/Commissioner: Steele County, Minnesota (County Fair Board); 19?? to 19??

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Ruth
    Children: Two children: Robert Austin (son), Dorothy (daughter)
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
    Dean Pickett Hartle  - Nephew

    GENERAL NOTES

    He was born on a farm.

    The Minnesota Legislative Manuals and Toensing list his birth year as 1892, his obituaries, House Resolution No. 18 from 1979, and death certificate list 1891.

    He was a member of the Republican Party. "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)

    "Hartle is the Minnesota Republican state chairman, an office to which he was elected shortly after the 1955 session convened." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. John A. Hartle." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)

    He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Shriners, Elks, and Lions Club.

    He died at Owatonna City Hospital in Steele County, Minnesota. His funeral was held at Associated Church in Owatonna, Minnesota.

    He was a member of Associated Church in Owatonna, Minnesota.

    Religion provided by his obituary.

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    Total Days Served: 12418

    SESSIONS SERVED

    65th Legislative Session (1967-1968)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 03A
    Elected: 11/8/1966
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/3/1967 to 1/6/1969
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Hogs
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Government Employee Security
    • Highways
    • Insurance and Securities
    • Rules
    • Taxes (Chair)

    64th Legislative Session (1965-1966)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 08
    Elected: 11/3/1964
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/5/1965 to 1/2/1967
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer, Breeder of Purebred Hogs
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Education (Chair)
    • Highways
    • Insurance
    • Rules
    • Taxes

    63rd Legislative Session (1963-1964)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 08
    Elected: 11/6/1962
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/8/1963 to 1/4/1965
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Education (Chair)
    • Highways
    • Insurance
    • Rules
    • Taxes
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    62nd Legislative Session (1961-1962)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/8/1960
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/3/1961 to 1/7/1963
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Hogs
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Employees Compensation
    • Health
    • Highways
    • Taxes

    61st Legislative Session (1959-1960)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/4/1958
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/6/1959 to 1/2/1961
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Employees Compensation
    • Highways
    • Insurance
    • Taxes

    60th Legislative Session (1957-1958)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/6/1956
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/8/1957 to 1/5/1959
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "Hartle is the Minnesota Republican state chairman, an office to which he was elected shortly after the 1955 session convened." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. John A. Hartle." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
    Committees:
    • Employees Compensation
    • Highways
    • Insurance
    • Penal Institutions
    • Taxes
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    59th Legislative Session (1955-1956)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/2/1954
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/4/1955 to 1/7/1957
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Hogs
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "Hartle is the Minnesota Republican state chairman, an office to which he was elected shortly after the 1955 session convened." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. John A. Hartle." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
    Committees:
    • Education
    • Highways
    • Insurance
    • Taxes
    • Temperance and Liquor Control
    Leadership Position: Minority Leader

    58th Legislative Session (1953-1954)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/5/1952
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/6/1953 to 1/3/1955
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)
    Committees:
    Leadership Position: Speaker of the House
    Leadership Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)

    57th Legislative Session (1951-1952)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/7/1950
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/2/1951 to 1/5/1953
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)
    Committees:
    Leadership Position: Speaker of the House
    Leadership Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)
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    56th Legislative Session (1949-1950)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/2/1948
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/4/1949 to 1/1/1951
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)
    Committees:
    Leadership Position: Speaker of the House
    Leadership Notes: "Some Conservative leaders in the House in recent years are now active Republicans...John A. Hartle, former speaker and long-time majority leader, was state chairman." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 90.)
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    55th Legislative Session (1947-1948)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/5/1946
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/7/1947 to 1/3/1949
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Civil Administration (Chair)
    • Education
    • Rules

    54th Legislative Session (1945-1946)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/7/1944
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/2/1945 to 1/6/1947
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Civil Administration (Chair)
    • Insurance
    • Rules
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    53rd Legislative Session (1943-1944)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/3/1942
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/5/1943 to 1/1/1945
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farmer/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Civil Administration (Chair)
    • Insurance
    • Rules
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    52nd Legislative Session (1941-1942)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/5/1940
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/7/1941 to 1/4/1943
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Civil Administration (Chair)
    • Education
    • Insurance
    • Rules
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    51st Legislative Session (1939-1940)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/8/1938
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/3/1939 to 1/6/1941
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Appropriations
    • Insurance
    • Labor
    • Markets and Marketing (Chair)
    • Rules
    • University and State Schools
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    50th Legislative Session (1937-1938)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/3/1936
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/5/1937 to 1/2/1939
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farm Owner/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Horticulture
    • Insurance
    • Markets and Marketing
    • Public Buildings
    • State and County Fairs
    • Telephones and Telegraphs
    • Towns and Counties
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    49th Legislative Session (1935-1936)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 16
    Elected: 11/6/1934
    Residence: Owatonna
    Term of Office: 1/8/1935 to 1/4/1937
    Counties Represented: Steele
    Occupation: Farm Owner/Breeder of Purebred Livestock
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Agriculture and Horticulture
    • Board of Control
    • Dairy Products and Live Stock
    • Insurance
    • Markets and Marketing
    • State and County Fairs
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
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    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    "Former Legislator John A. Hartle Dies Thursday (Obituary)." Claremont News, April 12, 1979.

    John A. Hartle Memorial. Minnesota Journal of the House, April 12, 1979, p. 1044-1045.

    "John A. Hartle (Opinion/Obituary)." Owatonna People's Press, April 8, 1979, p. 4.

    "Ex-Rep. John Hartle, Owatonna, Dies at 87 (Obituary)." Minneapolis Tribune, April 7, 1979.

    Ringhofer, Jerry. "Hartle Remembered by Quie as an Outstanding State Leader (Obituary)." Owatonna People's Press, April 7, 1979, p. 1-2.

    "Ex-Speaker John Hartle is Dead at 87 (Obituary)." St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 6, 1979.

    “Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. John A. Hartle." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957.


    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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