Elmer A. Benson AKA Elmer Austin Benson Born: 22-Sep-1895 Birthplace: Appleton, MN Died: 13-Mar-1985 Location of death: Minneapolis, MN Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Appleton City Cemetery, Appleton, MN
Gender: Male Religion: Lutheran Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic [1] Nationality: United States Executive summary: Governor of Minnesota, 1937-39 Military service: US Army (1918-19, Pvt.) [1] Farmer-Labor Party. Later a Democrat-Farmer-Labor (DFL).
Father: Thomas Helga Benson Mother: Dora Jacobsen Wife: Francis Lillian Miller (m. 14-Oct-1922, one daughter, one son) Daughter: Lois Son: Thomas
Law School: LLB, St. Paul College of Law (1918)
Governor of Minnesota (4-Jan-1937 to 2-Jan-1939) US Senator, Minnesota (appointed, 27-Dec-1935 to 3-Nov-1936) Minnesota State Official State Commissioner of Banks (1933-35) Minnesota State Official State Commissioner of Securities (1933) American Legion Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity Freemasonry Minnesota State Bar Association 1918 Veterans of Foreign Wars Norwegian Ancestry
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