House  1953-62  (District 2)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Winona
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            6/10/1920
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Saint Paul, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Ramsey
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            2/27/1972
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Winona
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Attorney at Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Winona Elementary Schools; Elementary School; 
Winona High School; Secondary; Graduate
Winona State Teachers College; Attended College; 
St. Paul College of Law; Law Degree; 1948
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            Minnesota State Law Library (Clerk); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            Ramsey County, Minnesota (Probate Court Clerk); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judicial Administration: 
                                            United States Circuit Court of Appeals, St. Paul, Minnesota (Law Librarian); 
                         
                         19?? to 19??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Judge: 
                                            Winona, Minnesota (Municipal Judge, First Appointed by Governor Karl Rolvaag, Then Elected); 
                         
                         06/24/1963 to 02/27/1972
                                            [Appointed]
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Doris Sinell (married on November 26, 1949)
                                    Children: 
                                    One child: Daniel John (son)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1958 election.
He was a member of the Elks Club, Eagles Club, Winona Odd Fellows, and the Winona Red Men.