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    Petersburg, John

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 2013-2022 (District 24A); House 2023-2024 (District 19B)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Steele, Waseca

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 4/8/1952
    Birth Place: Owatonna, Minnesota
    Birth County: Steele
    Birth Country:
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Lutheran
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Waseca
    Occupation (when first elected): Church Administrator

    EDUCATION

    Claremont High School; Secondary;
    Minnesota State University, Mankato; B.S.; Public administration, paralegal

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    School Board/Administration: Dodge Center, Minnesota (School Board Member); 198? to 199?

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Susan (married in August of 2008; she died on November 8, 2021); Debra (listed in the 2023-2024 green book)
    Children: Ten children
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He grew up on a farm near Claremount, Minnesota.

    "In the 1980s and '90s, Petersburg served on school boards for the Claremont and Triton school district. He was a board member when the Dodge Center, Claremont and West Concord school districts decided to consolidate into the single Triton district." (Owatonna People's Press, 10/8/2012).

    He announced he would not seek reelection in 2024.

    Religion provided by Politics in Minnesota, The Directory, 2013-2014. He was a church Administrator at Trinity Lutheran Church in Owatonna for 21 years.

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    Total Days Served: 4382

    SESSIONS SERVED

    93rd Legislative Session (2023-2024)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/2023
    Body: House
    District: 19B
    Elected: 11/8/2022
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/2/2023 to 1/5/2025
    Oath Date: 1/3/2023
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Retired church administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
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    92nd Legislative Session (2021-2022)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/2021
    Body: House
    District: 24A
    Elected: 11/3/2020
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/4/2021 to 1/1/2023
    Oath Date: 1/5/2021
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Retired Church Administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Housing Finance and Policy: Preventing Homelessness Division Minutes
    • Transportation Finance and Policy Minutes
    • Ways and Means Minutes
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    91st Legislative Session (2019-2020)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/8/2019
    Body: House
    District: 24A
    Elected: 11/6/2018
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/7/2019 to 1/3/2021
    Oath Date: 1/8/2019
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Retired Church Administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
    • Taxes Minutes
    • Taxes: Property and Local Tax Division Minutes
    • Ways & Means: Transportation Finance & Policy Division Minutes
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    90th Legislative Session (2017-2018)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/2017
    Body: House
    District: 24A
    Elected: 11/8/2016
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/2/2017 to 1/6/2019
    Oath Date: 1/3/2017
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Church Administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
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    89th Legislative Session (2015-2016)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/6/2015
    Body: House
    District: 24A
    Elected: 11/4/2014
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/5/2015 to 1/1/2017
    Oath Date: 1/6/2015
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Church Administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
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    88th Legislative Session (2013-2014)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/8/2013
    Body: House
    District: 24A
    Elected: 11/6/2012
    Residence: Waseca
    Term of Office: 1/7/2013 to 1/4/2015
    Oath Date: 1/8/2013
    Counties Represented: Steele, Waseca
    Occupation: Church Administrator
    Party: Republican
    Bills Authored: Chief Author     Author
    Committees:
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    OTHER INFORMATION

    Session Interviews

    News Sources

    The Library maintains newspaper clippings on individual legislators during their terms. Clippings are available from 1973 to the present in a variety of formats: 1973-1999, microfiche available at the Library; 2000-2009, scanned in yearly compilations and digitally available on the legislative network; 2009-present, archived in a searchable database maintained by the Library and available on the legislative network.
    These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.

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