Whaley, Archie

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1937-38 (District 49)

Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus

Counties Served: Clay

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 11/21/1860

Birth Place: Waukon, Iowa

Birth County: Allamakee

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 5/29/1938

Gender: Male

Religion: Congregational

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Moorhead

Occupation (when first elected): Former Clay County Sheriff/Former Editor and Publisher, Clay County Hearld, and The Hawley Herald and Country Press at Moorhead

EDUCATION

Waukon Public Schools, Iowa; At Least Elementary School;

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

County Government: Clay County, Minnesota (Deputy Sheriff); 1??? to 1???

Municipal Mayor: Hawley, Minnesota; 1??? to 1???

Municipal Government: Hawley, Minnesota (Held All Town Offices); 1??? to 1???

County Government: Clay County, Minnesota (County Sheriff); 1907 to 1915 [Elected]

County Government: Clay County, Minnesota (County Sheriff); 1927 to 1935 [Elected]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Ceceila Elaina Swenson (married on June 2, 1899)
Children: Six children: Julia Josephine, Cleora May, and Esther Marie (daughters); John Arthur, Ralph D., and Irvin Archibald (he died in 1931, before his dad served) (sons)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was of Norwegian ancesty on his mother's side.

He moved ot Clay County, Minnesota in 1879. He moved to Moorhead, Minnesota in 1906.

He was a founding member of the Farmer-Labor Party. (Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1937)

He died at Many Point Lake, Becker County, Minnesota. He was buried in Hawley Cemetery in Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota.

Religion provided by A History of Clay and Norman Counties, 1918.