House  1957-60  (District 51)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Todd
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            12/11/1896
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Brooten, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            4/25/1989
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Staples
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Teacher, Adult Education Courses Sponsored by the Federal Government
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    St. Cloud State College; B.E.; 
University of Minnesota; Attended Graduate School; 
Attended Law School; Los Angeles, California; Extension Law Courses
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Sophia (she died in 1985)
                                    Children: 
                                    Two children: Elaine and Marinda (daughters)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He taught high school, 1921-1937.
He was a member of the Republican Party.
He died at the Belgrade Nursing Home in Belgrade, Minnesota.  His funeral was held at Big Grove Lutheran Church near Brooten, Minnesota.
Religion provided by his obituary.