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  Knutson, Harold
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NameHarold Knutson
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Wadena, Minnesota , United States
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Born October 20, 1880
DiedAugust 21, 1953 (72 years)
ContributorThe Oncoming Storm
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Feb 14, 2024 03:25am
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InfoKNUTSON, Harold, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Skien, Norway, October 20, 1880; immigrated to the United States in 1886 with his parents, who settled in Chicago, Ill., and later moved to a farm near Clear Lake, Sherburne County, Minn.; attended the common and agricultural schools; apprenticed as a printer; published the Royalton Banner at Royalton, the Foley Independent at Foley, and the Wadena Pioneer Journal at Wadena; delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1902, 1904, and 1910, and to the Republican National Convention in 1940; associate editor of the St. Cloud Daily Journal-Press in 1910 and 1911; president of the Northern Minnesota Editorial Association in 1910 and 1911; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-January 3, 1949); majority whip (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); chairman, Committee on Pensions (Sixty-seventh through Seventy-first Congresses), Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-eighth Congress), Committee on Insular Affairs (Seventy-first Congress), Committee on Ways and Means (Eightieth Congress), Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (Eightieth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; again became active in the publishing of the Wadena Pioneer Journal until his death in Wadena, Minn., August 21, 1953; interment in North Star Cemetery, St. Cloud, Minn.

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  11/02/1948 MN District 6 Lost 48.29% (-3.42%)
  11/05/1946 MN District 6 Won 57.38% (+14.76%)
  07/08/1946 MN District 6 - R Primary Won 59.99% (+19.99%)
  11/07/1944 MN District 6 Won 64.55% (+31.66%)
  11/03/1942 MN District 6 Won 57.08% (+14.50%)
  11/05/1940 MN District 6 Won 61.54% (+23.09%)
  11/08/1938 MN District 6 Won 63.23% (+34.72%)
  11/03/1936 MN District 6 Won 46.08% (+6.47%)
  11/06/1934 MN District 6 Won 46.22% (+8.40%)
  06/18/1934 MN District 6 - R Primary Won 82.17% (+64.34%)
  11/08/1932 MN At-Large Won 4.02% (-0.97%)
  06/20/1932 MN At-Large - R Primary Won 5.36% (-2.56%)
  11/04/1930 MN District 6 Won 60.59% (+33.83%)
  11/06/1928 MN District 6 Won 66.31% (+32.63%)
  11/02/1926 MN District 6 Won 59.36% (+18.74%)
  11/04/1924 MN District 6 Won 54.05% (+8.11%)
  11/07/1922 MN District 6 Won 60.87% (+29.18%)
  11/02/1920 MN District 6 Won 68.96% (+37.92%)
  11/05/1918 MN District 6 Won 72.33% (+44.65%)
  11/07/1916 MN District 6 Won 56.82% (+21.17%)
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