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Christianson, Jr., Theodore

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Dawson, MN

House 1915-24 (District 24)

Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election

Counties Served:  Lac Qui Parle

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 09/12/1883 Date of Death: 12/10/1948
Birth Place: Lac Qui Parle Township, Minnesota Birth County: Lac Qui Parle Birth Country: United States
Other Names:
Gender:  Male Religion:  Christian
City of Residence (when first elected):  Dawson

Occupation (when first elected):  Newspaper Editor, Dawson

EDUCATION

Dawson High School; Secondary;
University of Minnesota, Arts College; College Graduate; Minneapolis Campus, 1906
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1909; Admitted to the Bar, 1909

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Municipal Council/AldermenDawson, Minnesota (Village Council, President) ??/??/1910 to ??/??/1911
State GovernorMinnesotaElected01/06/1925 to 01/06/1931
U.S. RepresentativeAt Large Congressional District, MinnesotaElected03/04/1933 to 01/??/1935
U.S. Representative5th Congressional District, MinnesotaElected01/03/1935 to 01/03/1937

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Ruth E. Donaldson Christianson (first wife, married June 4, 1907); Mayme Bialeschki Bundy Christianson (Shipley) (second wife, married in 1946)
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was of Norwegian ancestry.

He was born on a farm.

He sought and lost the nomination to the United States Senate in 1930.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1936.

He was a member of the Republican Party.

Religion provided by In Memoriam.

Legislative Session: 43rd (1923-1924)   Session Details term photo
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Body: House Elected: 11/7/1922 Term of Office: 1/2/1923 to 1/5/1925
District: 24 Residence: Dawson
Counties Represented: Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
Appropriations (Chair)
Judiciary
Legislative Session: 42nd (1921-1922)   Session Details
Body: House Elected: 11/2/1920 Term of Office: 1/4/1921 to 1/1/1923
District: 24 Residence: Dawson
Counties Represented: Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
Appropriations (Chair)
Judiciary
Soldiers Home and State Bonus Act
Legislative Session: 41st (1919-1920)   Session Details term photo
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Body: House Elected: 11/5/1918 Term of Office: 1/7/1919 to 1/3/1921
District: 24 Residence: Dawson
Counties Represented: Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Practicing Law/Owner and Publisher, Dawson Sentinel
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
Appropriations (Chair)
Board of Control and Public Buildings
Civil Administration
Judiciary
Legislative Session: 40th (1917-1918)   Session Details term photo
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Body: House Elected: 11/7/1916 Term of Office: 1/2/1917 to 1/6/1919
District: 24 Residence: Dawson
Counties Represented: Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Newspaper Editor
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
Appropriations (Chair)
Education
Elections
Judiciary
Legislative Session: 39th (1915-1916)   Session Details term photo
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Body: House Elected: 11/3/1914 Term of Office: 1/5/1915 to 1/1/1917
District: 24 Residence: Dawson
Counties Represented: Lac Qui Parle
Occupation: Newspaper Editor, Dawson
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
Judiciary
Judiciary Subcommittee: Pleading and Criminal Law
Judiciary Subcommittee: Remedial Law
Printing
Public Accounts and Expenditures
State Hospitals
State School at Owatonna

OTHER INFORMATION

Articles & Books By
Christianson, Theodore. Minnesota: the Land of Sky-Tinted Waters: a History of the State and its People, Chicago: American Historical Society, 1935.


Articles & Books About
"A Resolution in Memoriam for the Honorable Theodore Christianson." Minnesota Journal of the House, March 29, 1949, p. 1418-1419.

Christianson, Theodore. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Theodore Christianson. Biographical Information from the Minnesota Historical Society's Governors of Minnesota




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