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Loren Fletcher
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's5th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Kittel Halvorson
Succeeded by	John Lind
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	John Lind
Succeeded by	Frank Nye
16th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1881–1885
Preceded by	Charles A. Gilman
Succeeded by	John L. Gibbs
Member of theMinnesota House of Representatives
In office 1872–1886
Personal details
Born	(1833-04-10)April 10, 1833 Mount Vernon, Maine, U.S.
Died	April 15, 1919(1919-04-15) (aged 86) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Resting place	Lakewood Cemetery
Party	Republican
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Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was aU.S. representative fromMinnesota.

He was born inMount Vernon,Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools andMaine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine.^[1] Fletcher moved toBangor in 1853, where he was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company.

In 1856, he moved toMinneapolis, Minnesota, and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits, largely in the manufacture of lumber and flour. He became a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank upon its establishment in 1864.

In 1873, Fletcher was involved in the abduction ofLord Gordon Gordon at the behest ofJay Gould from Canada. He was arrested together with Gould,John Gilfillan andEugene McLanahan Wilson. They were released on bail after diplomatic pressure by Minnesota GovernorHorace Austin.

Fletcher was elected a member of theMinnesota House of Representatives 1872 – 1886, and served as speaker from 1880 to 1885. Beginning with the 1892 election, he was elected as aRepublican to the53rd,54th,55th,56th, and57th congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903). Fletcher served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (57th congress. He was defeated in the 1902 election to the 58th congress, but was elected to the59th congress, (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He declined to be a candidate for reelection and retired from active business.

Fletcher died inAtlanta, Georgia, April 15, 1919, aged 86; he is interred inLakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[2]

Fletcher was married to Amerette J. Thomas from 1855 until she died in 1892. The couple had one child, a daughter.

• Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

• United States Congress."Loren Fletcher (id: F000202)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Loren Fletcher Memorial. Minnesota Journal of the House, April 22, 1919, p. 1857.
• Shutter, Marion Daniel. "Loren Fletcher."Progressive Men of Minnesota, Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal, 1897, p. 38-39.
• "Fletcher, L." The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota. St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873, p. 27.
• "Hon. L. Fletcher."Memoirs of the State Officers; and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota, by C.L. Hall. Minneapolis: Johnson & Smith, p. 36.

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