Rod Grams

A Representative and a Senator from Minnesota. Born in Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minn. , February 4, 1948. Attended public schools, Brown Institute 1966-1968, Anoka Ramsey Junior College 1970-1972, and Carroll College 1974-1975. Television news anchor and producer in Helena, Mont. , Wausau, Wisc. , Rockford, Ill. , and Minneapolis, Minn. President of a construction and residential development company in Minneapolis. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third Congress (January 3, 1993-January 3, 1995). Not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1994. Elected to the United States Senate in 1994, and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2001. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2000. Died on October 8, 2013. Interment in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, St. Francis, Minn.