A Representative from Minnesota. Born on a farm in Wheeling Township, Rice County, near Dennison, Minn. , September 18, 1923. Attended the grade schools in Nerstrand and high school in Northfield. Graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn. , in 1950. Served as a pilot in the United States Navy, 1943-1945. Owner and operator of a dairy farm. Clerk, District 43 School Board 1949-1952. Supervisor, Rice County Soil Conservation District 1950-1954. Member of the Minnesota state senate, 1955-1958. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative August H. Andresen, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (February 18, 1958-January 3, 1979). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 but was a successful candidate for Governor of Minnesota and served from January 1, 1979, until January 3, 1983. Not a candidate for reelection in 1982. Appointed to the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, 1982. Lecturer and teacher, 1983-1986. Area director, Prison Fellowship, Minnesota and North Dakota, 1986-1987. Executive vice president, Prison Fellowship USA, 1987-1988. Died on August 18, 2023, in Wayzata, Minn. Interment at Valley Grove Cemetery, Nerstrand, Minn.
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