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  Lundeen, Ernest
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AffiliationMN Farmer-Labor  
 
NameErnest Lundeen
Address
Minneapolis, Minnesota , United States
EmailNone
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Born August 04, 1878
DiedAugust 31, 1940 (62 years)
ContributorThe Oncoming Storm
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Sep 09, 2023 07:40am
Tags Army - National Guard - Methodist -
InfoLUNDEEN, Ernest, a Representative and a Senator from Minnesota; born near Beresford, Union County, S.Dak., August 4, 1878; attended the common schools; served in Company B, Twelfth Minnesota Volunteers, during the Spanish-American War; was graduated from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., in 1901; studied law at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was admitted to the bar in 1906 and commenced practice at Minneapolis, Minn.; member, State house of representatives 1910-1914; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918; resumed the practice of law; was a candidate for Congress and the governorship on numerous occasions; elected as a Farmer-Laborite to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1937); elected on the Farmer-Labor ticket to the United States Senate in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937, until his death in an airplane crash near Lovettsville, Va., on August 31, 1940; interment in Little Arlington National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.


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Wife Norma "Mrs. Ernest" Lundeen 00, 1919-Aug 31, 1940

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RACES
  11/03/1936 MN US Senate Won 62.24% (+24.49%)
  11/06/1934 MN District 3 Won 53.28% (+27.46%)
  11/08/1932 MN At-Large Won 4.50% (-0.49%)
  06/20/1932 MN At-Large - MFL Primary Won 6.90% (+0.00%)
  11/04/1930 MN US Senate Lost 22.89% (-14.73%)
  06/16/1930 MN US Senate - MFL Primary Won 58.87% (+17.74%)
  06/17/1929 MN District 5 - Special Election Lost 13.63% (-32.94%)
  11/06/1928 MN Governor Lost 22.72% (-32.27%)
  06/18/1928 MN Governor - MFL Primary Won 53.11% (+6.22%)
  11/02/1926 MN District 10 Lost 34.50% (-24.57%)
  06/18/1923 MN US Senate - Special R Primary Lost 3.40% (-30.25%)
  06/19/1922 MN US Senate - R Primary Lost 33.54% (-25.22%)
  11/02/1920 MN District 5 Lost 10.03% (-47.54%)
  06/02/1920 MN District 5 - R Primary Lost 41.55% (-7.95%)
  06/17/1918 MN District 5 - R Primary Lost 26.70% (-4.13%)
  11/07/1916 MN District 5 Won 42.41% (+16.14%)
  06/19/1916 MN District 5 - R Primary Won 43.52% (+2.09%)
  06/16/1914 MN District 5 - R Primary Lost 45.20% (-9.61%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US House Speaker - Jan 03, 1935 PRG George J. Schneider
US House Speaker - Mar 09, 1933 MFL Paul John Kvale