D'Aquila, Carl Mario
House 1947-50 (District 60)
Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
Counties Served:
St. Louis
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
8/1/1924
Birth Place:
Hibbing, Minnesota
Birth County:
St. Louis
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
9/9/2005
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Catholic
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Hibbing
Occupation (when first elected):
Newspaperman/Advertising Agent/Radio Commentator
EDUCATION
Hibbing High School; Secondary; Graduate, 1946
Hibbing Junior College; Junior College/Community College;
Marquette University; Attended College;
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military:
United States Air Force, 1391st (World War II, Served Overseas, Civilian Expediter);
194? to 194?
State Board/Commission/Council:
Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota;
05/15/1996 to 01/2004
[Appointed]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Single (when first elected); Dolores Mae Casagrande (married on January 8, 1949, while in office)
Children:
Six children: Patricia "Patty", Mary Kay, Barbara Jean, and Margaret (daughters); James "Jim," and Thomas Carl (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Carl Mario D'Aquila was 22 when elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1946, the youngest known person elected to the Minnesota Legislature at that time. Thaddeus "Tad" Jude replaced him as the youngest known person elected to the Minnesota Legislature. When he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1972 he was 20 years old and turned 21 in December before being sworn in to office in January 1973. R. Carlisle Burdick, was 21 when he served in the 1856 Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives. He was the youngest known person to be elected to the Minnesota Territorial Legislative Assembly.
He was of Italian ancestry.
He ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1962.
"A Republican among liberal Iron Rangers..." (St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 11, 2005)
He died of adrenal cancer, at home, in St. Paul, Minnesota. His funeral was held at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Hibbing, Minnesota. He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Religion provided by his obituary.
Elected: 11/2/1948
Residence: Hibbing
Term of Office: 1/4/1949 to 1/1/1951
Counties Represented:
St. Louis
Occupation: Newspaperman/Advertising Agent/Radio Commentator
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
Committees:
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Highways
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Reapportionment
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Taxes
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Temperance and Liquor Control
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Towns and Counties
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Veterans and Military Affairs
Elected: 11/5/1946
Residence: Hibbing
Term of Office: 1/7/1947 to 1/3/1949
Counties Represented:
St. Louis
Occupation: Newspaperman/Advertising Agent/Radio Commentator
Party:
Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
Committees:
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Aircraft and Airways
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Conservation
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Taxes
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Temperance and Liquor Control
Articles & Books By
D'Aquila, Carl and Al Zdon. Count the Pickets in the Fence (Autobiography). St. Paul, Minnesota: Moonlit Eagle Productions, 2001.
Articles & Books About
Cohen, Ben. "Iron Range Legislator Carl D'Aquila Dies at 81 (Obituary)." Star Tribune, September 14, 2005, p. B8.
"D'Auila, Carl M. (Obituary)." St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 12, 2005.
Divine, Mary. "Carl D'Auila Iron Range Legend (Obituary)." St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 11, 2005.
These files are available in the Legislative Reference Library.