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Ole J. Kvale

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American politician

Ole J. Kvale
Portrait byHarris & Ewing c. 1923–1929

Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's7th district
In office March 4, 1923 – September 11, 1929
Preceded by	Andrew Volstead
Succeeded by	Paul J. Kvale

Personal details
Born	Ole Juulson Kvale (1869-02-06)February 6, 1869 Winneshiek County, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 11, 1929(1929-09-11) (aged 60) Otter Tail,Minnesota, U.S.
Cause of death	House fire
Party	Farmer-Labor
Spouse	Ida Simley
Children	6, includingPaul John
Alma mater	Luther College Luther Theological Seminary University of Chicago

Ole Juulson Kvale (February 6, 1869 – September 11, 1929) was aLutheran minister andU.S. representative fromMinnesota.^[1]

Background

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Ole Juulson Kvale was born nearDecorah, Iowa. He was one of six children born to Jule Qvale (1836-1918) and Gro Qvale (1833-1910), both of whom were immigrants fromNorway. He inherited his family name from the Kvåle farm inVestre Slidre Municipality in theValdres valley district.^[2] He attended rural schools inWinneshiek County, Iowa. He was graduated fromLuther College in Decorah in 1890, fromLuther Theological Seminary, inMinneapolis, Minnesota, in 1893 and from theUniversity of Chicago in 1914. He was ordained to theLutheran ministry in 1894 serving parishes inOrfordville, Wisconsin, from 1894 to 1917 and inBenson, Minnesota. In 1917, he became the secretary of theNorwegian Synod.^[3]

Career

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Kvale had been an unsuccessful candidate as anIndependent Republican for election in 1920 to the 67th congress. He was elected as aFarmer-Labor candidate to the68th,69th,70th, and71st congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death.^[4]

Personal life

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He was married to Ida Tonette (Simley) Kvale (1876-1926). They had six children including United States RepresentativePaul John Kvale. Ole Kvale died in a fire in his summer house nearOtter Tail Lake, Minnesota, on September 11, 1929. His interment was in Benson Cemetery,Swift County, Minnesota.^[2]^[5]

Primary source

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United States Congress."Ole J. Kvale (id: K000349)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

References

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^"Kvale, Ole Juulson (1869-1929)". The Political Graveyard. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.
^^a ^b“Kongresmand Kvale omkommer i Ildebrand”,Nordisk Tidende (published in New York), 19 September 1929, p. 1–2.
^"Kvale, O. J." Nordic, Norwegian-American Digital Library. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.
^"Andrew J. Volstead And Family". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.
^"Kvale, Paul John (1896-1960)". The Political Graveyard. RetrievedJanuary 1, 2016.

External links

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Ole J. Kvale atFind a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Andrew Volstead

U.S.Representative fromMinnesota's 7th congressional district
1923 – 1929

Succeeded by

Paul John Kvale

United States representatives from Minnesota

Districts 1–8 (active)
1st district	Territorial Delegate, 1849–1858 Sibley Rice Kingsbury 1863–1933 Windom Wilkinson Dunnell White T. Wilson Dunnell Harries Tawney Anderson Furlow Christgau 1935–present Andresen Quie Erdahl Penny Gutknecht Walz J. Hagedorn Finstad
2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen T. Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline Lewis Craig
3rd district	1873–1933 Averill King Stewart Washburn Strait MacDonald D. Hall O. Hall Heatwole Davis Andresen 1935–present Lundeen Teigan Alexander Gale Gallagher MacKinnon Wier MacGregor Frenzel Ramstad Paulsen Phillips Morrison
4th district	1883–1933 Washburn Gilfillan Rice Snider Castle Kiefer Stevens Van Dyke Keller Maas 1935–present Maas Starkey Devitt McCarthy Karth Vento McCollum
5th district	1883–1933 Nelson Comstock Halvorson Fletcher Lind Fletcher Nye Smith Lundeen Newton W. Nolan 1935–present Christianson D. Johnson Youngdahl Judd Fraser Sabo Ellison Omar
6th district	1893–1933 Baldwin Towne Morris Buckman Lindbergh H. Knutson 1935–present H. Knutson Marshall Olson Zwach R. Nolan Weber Sikorski Grams Luther Kennedy Bachmann Emmer
7th district	1893–1933 Boen Eddy Volstead O. Kvale P. Kvale 1935–present P. Kvale Andersen Langen Bergland Stangeland Peterson Fischbach
8th district	1903–1933 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan Stauber

Districts 9–10 and statewide general ticket (obsolete)
9th district	1903–33 Steenerson Wefald Selvig 1935–63 Buckler Hagen C. Knutson Langen
10th district	1915–33 Schall Goodwin
General ticket	1858–63 Cavanaugh Phelps Windom Aldrich 1913–15 Manahan 1933–35 Arens Chase Christianson Hoidale Johnson H. Knutson P. Kvale Lundeen Shoemaker

Minnesota's delegation(s) to the 68th–71stUnited States Congresses(ordered by seniority)

68th	Senate: ▌K. Nelson (R) ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌M. Johnson (FL)	House: ▌C. Davis (R) ▌S. Anderson (R) ▌T. Schall (R) ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌O. Keller (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Larson (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌K. Wefald (FL)
69th	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌O. Keller (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌K. Wefald (FL) ▌W. Carss (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌A. Furlow (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R)
70th	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌W. Carss (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌A. Furlow (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R) ▌M. Maas (R) ▌C. Selvig (R)
71st	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R) ▌M. Maas (R) ▌C. Selvig (R) ▌V. Christgau (R) ▌W. Pittenger (R) ▌W. Nolan (R) ▌P. Kvale (FL)