Enestvedt, Odean
House 1945-62 (District 23)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Counties Served:
Renville
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
6/21/1910
Birth Place:
Sacred Heart, Minnesota
Birth County:
Renville
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
10/9/1988
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Sacred Heart
Occupation (when first elected):
Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
EDUCATION
Minnesota Rural Grade Schools; Elementary School;
West Central School of Agriculture, Morris, Minnesota; Secondary;
Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tennessee; Postsecondary;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
County Board/Commissioner:
Renville County, Minnesota (Renville County Territorial Centennial Committee);
1948 to 1948
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Virgel Virginia
Children:
One child: Timothy (son, born while he was in office)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Norwegian ancestry.
Although he voted for the Conservative candidate for Speaker of the House in 1945, other sources indicate that he was a Liberal member. He was "wooed early in life to political activity, first with the Farmer-Labor party and then with the DFL." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. Odean Enestvedt." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
He died in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Renville County, Minnesota.
Elected: 11/8/1960
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/3/1961 to 1/7/1963
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture (Chair)
-
Appropriations
-
Cooperatives and Marketing
-
Drainage and Soil Conservation
-
Reapportionment
Elected: 11/4/1958
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/6/1959 to 1/2/1961
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture (Chair)
-
Appropriations
-
Cooperatives and Marketing
-
Drainage and Soil Conservation
-
General Legislation
-
Reapportionment
Elected: 11/6/1956
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/8/1957 to 1/5/1959
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Party Notes: He was "wooed early in life to political activity, first with the Farmer-Labor party and then with the DFL." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. Odean Enestvedt." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
Committees:
-
Agriculture (Chair)
-
Aircraft and Airways
-
Appropriations
-
Cooperatives and Marketing
-
Drainage and Soil Conservation
-
General Legislation
-
Reapportionment
Elected: 11/2/1954
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/4/1955 to 1/7/1957
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture (Chair)
-
Aircraft and Airways
-
Appropriations
-
Cooperatives
-
General Legislation
-
Reapportionment
Elected: 11/5/1952
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/6/1953 to 1/3/1955
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Aircraft and Airways
-
Banking
-
Communications
-
General Legislation
Elected: 11/7/1950
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/2/1951 to 1/5/1953
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Aircraft and Airways
-
Banking
-
Communications
-
General Legislation
Elected: 11/2/1948
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/4/1949 to 1/1/1951
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Aircraft and Airways
-
Drainage and Soil Conservation
-
Education
-
General Legislation
Elected: 11/5/1946
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/7/1947 to 1/3/1949
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Committees:
-
Agriculture
-
Education
-
General Legislation
-
Reapportionment
-
Veterans and Military Affairs
Elected: 11/7/1944
Residence: Sacred Heart
Term of Office: 1/2/1945 to 1/6/1947
Counties Represented:
Renville
Occupation: Farmer, Specializing in Hybrid Seed Corn
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus
Party Notes: Although he voted for the Conservative candidate for Speaker of the House in 1945, other sources indicate that he was a Liberal member. He was "wooed early in life to political activity, first with the Farmer-Labor party and then with the DFL." ("Know Your Minnesota Legislature: Rep. Odean Enestvedt." Minneapolis Star, Between November 1956-January 1957)
Committees:
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Commerce
-
Cooperatives
-
Engrossment and Enrollment
-
Highways
-
Reapportionment