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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Henrik Shipstead |
Address | Glenwood, Minnesota , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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January 08, 1881
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Died | June 26, 1960
(79 years)
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Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
Last Modifed | RBH Jun 10, 2019 01:53am |
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Norwegian - Married - Lutheran - Straight -
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Info | SHIPSTEAD, Henrik, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Burbank, Kandiyohi County, Minn., January 8, 1881; attended the public schools at New London, Minn., and the State normal school at St. Cloud, Minn.; graduated from the dental department of Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill., in 1903 and practiced dentistry in Glenwood, Minn., 1904-1920; mayor of Glenwood 1911-1913; member, State house of representatives 1917; moved to Minneapolis in 1920 and resumed the practice of dentistry; unsuccessful candidate for the United States Congress in 1918 and for governor in 1920; elected on the Farmer-Labor ticket in 1922 to the United States Senate; reelected in 1928, 1934, and as a Republican in 1940 and served from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; chairman, Committee on Printing (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses); died in Alexandria, Minn., June 26, 1960; interment in Kinkead Cemetery.
[from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress at [Link] ]
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