| |  James L. Adams (1921-2014) — also known asJim Adams — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,October2, 1921.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;electrician;treasurerandpresident,IBEW Local 292; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1955-74 (District 31 1955-62,District 42 1963-72, District 60-A 1973-74).Lutheran.Swedish ancestry. Member,InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Workers;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Moose.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,August6, 2014 (age92 years, 308days).Interment atLakewoodCemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. | | Andrew Frederick Anderson (1857-1930) — also known asAndrew F. Anderson — of Omena,LeelanauCounty, Mich.Born in Blekinge,Sweden,October3, 1857.Lumberman;merchant;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1915-18;defeated (Independent), 1918.Swedish ancestry. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows.Died inLeelanauCounty, Mich.,November23, 1930 (age73 years, 51days).Interment atOmena Cemetery, Omena, Mich. | | Arthur Emil Anderson (1893-1966) — also known asArthur Anderson — of Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.; Marquette,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born in Spurr Mountain,BaragaCounty, Mich.,November27, 1893.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher;chair ofMecosta County Republican Party, 1950.Episcopalian.Swedish ancestry. Member,AmericanLegion;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons;Elks.Died in November,1966(ageabout73 years).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof John E. Anderson and Hilma (Brandt) Anderson; married,December19, 1921, to Winifred Van Brocklin. |
| | Louis Edwin Anderson (1884-1954) — also known asLouis E. Anderson — of Northport,LeelanauCounty, Mich.Born in Omena,LeelanauCounty, Mich.,September18, 1884.Republican.Schoolteacher;merchant;farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Charlevoix District, 1929-32,1941-54; died in office 1954; candidate forMichiganstate senate 27th District, 1932, 1934; Grand Master of MichiganFreemasons, 1932-33.Presbyterian.Swedish andNorwegian ancestry. Member,Freemasons;Rotary;OddFellows;Eagles;Kiwanis.Died in Northport,LeelanauCounty, Mich.,September9, 1954 (age69 years, 356days).Interment atOmena Cemetery, Omena, Mich. | | Victor Gustave Benson (1873-1939) — also known asVictor Benson — of Iron River,IronCounty, Mich.Born inSweden,December22, 1873.Republican.Farmer;miller;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Iron County, 1939; defeated,1936; died in office 1939.Swedish ancestry. Died, from abladderailment, in SparrowHospital,Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.,April26, 1939 (age65 years, 125days).Interment atBatesTownship Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich. | | Vining Lindbom Bjork (1910-1981) — also known asVining L. Bjork — of Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born in Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,May 19,1910.Republican.Funeraldirector;mayorof Ishpeming, Mich., 1937-40.Swedish ancestry. Died in Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October19, 1981 (age71 years, 153days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert Carl Bjork and Signe (Lindbom) Bjork. |
| | Helmer Bruce (1877-1953) — of Bark River,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born inSweden,November14, 1877.Republican.Farmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Delta County, 1931-32;defeated, 1932, 1934, 1942.Swedish ancestry. Died in1953(ageabout75 years).Interment atBarkRiver Cemetery, Bark River, Mich. | | Eugene R. Cater (b. 1923) — of Ludington,MasonCounty, Mich.Born in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,December8, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 98th District, 1965-66; defeated,1966, 1968.Lutheran.Danish ancestry. Member,Elks;Eagles;Freemasons;AmericanLegion;DisabledAmerican Veterans.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married1948 to DonnaMae Fenner. |
| | Chester Philip Emunson (1886-1956) — also known asChester P. Emunson — of Manistee,ManisteeCounty, Mich.Born in Hurley,IronCounty, Wis.,August16, 1886.Democrat.Printingbusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Manistee County, 1933-36;defeated, 1940, 1942; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 9th District, 1936.Swedish andNorwegian ancestry. Member,Elks.Died in1956(ageabout69 years).Burial location unknown. | | Einar Eugene Erlandsen (1908-1995) — also known asEinar E. Erlandsen — of Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born in Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.,April27, 1908.Democrat. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1949-66 (Delta County 1949-64,107th District 1965-66); defeated, 1966, 1968; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Michigan,1956.Lutheran.Norwegian ancestry.DiedMarch24, 1995 (age86 years, 331days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives:Married to Rose M. McMahon. |
| | Olaf K. Fjetland (1893-1969) — also known asO. K. Fjetland — of Lemmon,PerkinsCounty, S.Dak.; Iron River,IronCounty, Mich.; Gladstone,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born in Ellsworth,HamiltonCounty, Iowa,March26, 1893.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher;insuranceagent; delegate to Democratic National Convention from SouthDakota,1924;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1928,1932.Norwegian ancestry. Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,October6, 1969 (age76 years, 194days).Interment atSantaFe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.| | Relatives: Sonof Ingeborg (Skeie) Fjetland and Knut Fjetland. |
| | Charles Louis Follo (1905-1979) — also known asCharles L. Follo — of Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.Born in Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.,April 7,1905.Democrat.Delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Delta County,1961-62.Episcopalian.Swedish ancestry. Member,Rotary;AmericanPolitical Science Association.Died in1979(ageabout74 years).Interment atLakeviewCemetery, Escanaba, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Olaf Follo and Mayme (Bohmann) Follo; married to IonaBergman Dixon. |
| | Theos Alvyn Grove (1904-1982) — also known asTheos A. Grove — of Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.; Sterling Heights,MacombCounty, Mich.Born in Forman,SargentCounty, N.Dak.,February9, 1904.Socialist. Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1938 (1st District), 1958 (7thDistrict); Socialist Labor candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1940, 1946, 1948; Socialist Laborcandidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1944, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1960; Socialist Labor candidateforUniversityof Michigan board of regents, 1951, 1953, 1959, 1961; member ofMichigan Socialist Labor State Central Committee, 1953, 1965;Socialist Labor candidate forMichiganstate board of education, 1955; Socialist Labor candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 11th SenatorialDistrict, 1961; Socialist Labor candidate forMichiganstate attorney general, 1962; Socialist Labor candidate forMichiganState University board of trustees, 1964, 1966, 1968; SocialistLabor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1972;Socialist Labor candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,1976.Norwegian ancestry. Died in Utica,MacombCounty, Mich.,July 20,1982 (age78 years, 161days). Hisbody wasdonated for medical science. | | John A. Gustafson (b. 1856) — of Cadillac,WexfordCounty, Mich.Born in Sodermanland,Sweden,September5, 1856.Democrat.Grocer;hardwaremerchant; candidate formayorof Cadillac, Mich., 1898.Lutheran.Swedish ancestry.Burial location unknown. | | George Oscar Harma (1905-1977) — also known asGeorge O. Harma — of Atlantic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Baltic Mine,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,November5, 1905.Democrat.Schoolteacher; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District,1935-44; candidate forMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1944;implicatedasco-conspiratorin a legislative branch bankingbriberycase in 1946; givenimmunityfrom prosecution in return for his testimony.Finnish ancestry. Member,PiDelta Epsilon.Died in1977(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Carl Oscar Harma and Mary Susanna (Fjader) Harma. |
 | Uno Sylvanus Augustus Heggblom (1898-1978) — also known asUno S. A. Heggblom;U. S. A.Heggblom —of Manistique,SchoolcraftCounty, Mich.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Manistique,SchoolcraftCounty, Mich.Born in Manistique,SchoolcraftCounty, Mich.,March21, 1898.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1922; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan, 1926 (1st District), 1932 (15thDistrict), 1936 (15th District), 1940 (11th District), 1944 (15thDistrict), 1947 (11th District), 1948 (15th District); delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1940(alternate),1944.Lutheran.Swedish ancestry. Member,OddFellows;Freemasons.Died in Manistique,SchoolcraftCounty, Mich.,April11, 1978 (age80 years, 21days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof John Heggblom and Greta Christina (Norrgard) Heggblom; married,July 15,1925, to Sima Alfreda Soderbeck. | | | | Image source: Detroit Free Press,September 14, 1926 |
| | Emil Hurja (1892-1953) — of Breckenridge,StephensCounty, Tex.; Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.Born in Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.,January22, 1892.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMichigan,1936;candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.Finnish ancestry. Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanEconomic Association;SigmaDelta Chi.Suffered aheartattack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club,Washington,D.C.,May 30,1953 (age61 years, 128days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Oren Guy Johnson (1872-1948) — also known asO. G. Johnson — of Fostoria,TuscolaCounty, Mich.Born in Rich Township,LapeerCounty, Mich.,July 30,1872.Republican.Physician;member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1921-24.EnglishandDanish ancestry.Died in Mayville,TuscolaCounty, Mich.,May 19,1948 (age75 years, 294days).Interment atRich Township Cemetery, Rich Township, Lapeer County, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof James Henry Johnson and Harriet Emma (Darling) Johnson; married1909 toFlorence C. Morse. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Douglas C. Kelley — also known asDoug Kelley — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,2004,2008(alternate).Danish ancestry. Still living as of 2008. | | Lawrence Kestenbaum (b. 1955) — also known asLarry Kestenbaum — of East Lansing,InghamCounty, Mich.; Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Scio Township,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September13, 1955.Democrat.Lawyer;InghamCounty Commissioner 8th District, 1983-88; candidate forMichiganstate house of representatives 52nd District, 1998;WashtenawCounty Commissioner 4th District, 2000-02;WashtenawCounty Clerk and Register of Deeds, 2005-.Jewish.Hungarian,German,Polish, andNorwegian ancestry. Member,NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;American CivilLiberties Union;Grange;SierraClub;NAACP.Creator of The Political Graveyard web site. Still living as of 2025. | | Nalson Jorgensen Kyer (1846-1907) — also known asNalson J. Kyer — of Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born inDenmark,February2, 1846.Republican.Miller;candidate formayorof Ann Arbor, Mich., 1886.Danish ancestry. Died in Ann Arbor,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January19, 1907 (age60 years, 351days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich. | | Melvin L. Larsen (b. 1936) — of Oxford,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa,October19, 1936.Republican.Schoolprincipal;athleticcoach; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives 61st District, 1973-78; candidateforsecretaryof state of Michigan, 1978;MichiganRepublican state chair, 1979-81.Catholic.Norwegian ancestry.Still living as of 2000. | | Carl Gottfred Lindquist (1896-1993) — also known asCarl G. Lindquist;"IronMan" —of Iron River,IronCounty, Mich.Born in Norway,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,December9, 1896.Republican.Dairyfarmer;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1941-54 (Iron County 1941-44,Iron District 1945-54); defeated, 1954, 1962; candidate forMichiganstate senate 31st District, 1956; candidate fordelegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from Iron District,1961.Lutheran.Swedish ancestry. Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons;Shriners;AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons.Died, in Crystal Manornursinghome, Crystal Falls,IronCounty, Mich.,March 9,1993 (age96 years, 90days).Interment atBatesTownship Cemetery, Mapleton, Mich.  | Christian H. Magnusson (1905-1990) — also known asChris H. Magnusson — of Redford Township,WayneCounty, Mich.; Roseville,MacombCounty, Mich.; Bradenton,ManateeCounty, Fla.Born in Ideal,Manitoba,October25, 1905.Democrat.Carpenter;businessrepresentative, Carpenters Union local; member ofMichiganstate board of education; elected 1957.Protestant.Icelandic ancestry. Member,CarpentersUnion;Freemasons;Shriners.Died inManateeCounty, Fla.,December12, 1990 (age85 years, 48days).Interment atSkyway Memorial Gardens, Palmetto, Fla. | | Walter G. Nakkula (1907-1971) — of Gladwin,GladwinCounty, Mich.Born in Calumet,HoughtonCounty, Mich.,August9, 1907.Republican. Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives, 1953-64 (Gladwin District1953-54, Arenac District 1955-64); candidate forMichiganstate senate 35th District, 1964.Catholic.Finnish ancestry. Member,Eagles;Knightsof Columbus.Sufferedlungcancer and abraintumor, and died in Gladwin AreaHospital,Gladwin,GladwinCounty, Mich.,November1, 1971 (age64 years, 84days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Arvid Nakkula and Senja (Erkhila) Nakkula; married to JulieToutant. |
| | Albin Walter Norblad Jr. (1908-1964) — also known asA. Walter Norblad — of Astoria,ClatsopCounty, Ore.; Stayton,MarionCounty, Ore.Born in Escanaba,DeltaCounty, Mich.,September12, 1908.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1935-38; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Oregon,1940(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1960;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;U.S.Representative from Oregon 1st District, 1946-64; defeated inprimary, 1938; died in office 1964.Swedish ancestry. Suffered aheartattack, and later died, in theNavalHospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September20, 1964 (age56 years, 8days).Interment atLoneOak Cemetery, Stayton, Ore.  | Joshua Ellis Oden (1880-1969) — also known asJoshua Oden — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Big Rapids,MecostaCounty, Mich.,June 19,1880.Democrat.Superintendentof schools;pastor,Irving Park Lutheran Church, 1908-54;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1944.Lutheran.Swedish ancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,September20, 1969 (age89 years, 93days).Interment atRidgewoodCemetery, Des Plaines, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Martin Patrik Oden and Emma (Carlberg) Oden; married,May 25,1909, to Helga Soderberg. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Tidings, Irving ParkLutheran Church, August 2007 |
| | | Charles Theodor Pagelsen (1830-1904) — also known asCharles T. Pagelsen;Carl T.Pagelsen —of Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born inDenmark,July1, 1830.Sailor;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandHaven, Mich., 1871-1904.Danish ancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, fromheartdisease, in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,March 6,1904 (age73 years, 249days).Interment atLakeForest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich. | | Daniel Frederick Pagelsen (1873-1939) — also known asDaniel F. Pagelsen — of Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.Born in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,September26, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inGrandHaven, Mich., 1904; justice of the peace;Vice-Consulfor Sweden inGrandHaven, Mich., 1914;OttawaCounty Circuit Court Commissioner, 1919-34;arrestedin March 1930,chargedwithdrivingwhiledrunk,andfined$50;arrestedagain in August, andpleadedguilty todrivingwhileintoxicated,second offense; the Ottawa County Bar Association urged leniency, buthe wassentencedto six months inprison.Danish andGermanancestry.Died in Grand Haven,OttawaCounty, Mich.,January31, 1939 (age65 years, 127days).Interment atLakeForest Cemetery, Grand Haven, Mich. | | James R. Pedersen — also known asJim Pedersen — of Brooklyn,JacksonCounty, Mich.; Belleville,WayneCounty, Mich.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,1996(alternate),2008;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,2024(on behalf ofKamalaD. Harris andTimWalz).Danish ancestry. Still living as of 2024. | | Francis J. Plym (1869-1940) — of Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.Born inSweden,1869.Republican.Architect;inventor;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1928(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Swedish ancestry. Died in1940(ageabout71 years).Interment atSilverbrookCemetery, Niles, Mich. | | William E. Rasmussen (1881-1961) — of Stanton,MontcalmCounty, Mich.Born in Gowen,MontcalmCounty, Mich.,August5, 1881.Republican.Farmer;grain elevatorbusiness;MontcalmCounty Sheriff, 1913-16; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1921-24.Danish andNorwegian ancestry. Died in1961(ageabout79 years).Burial location unknown. | | Gene A. Saari (1909-1990) — of Houghton,HoughtonCounty, Mich.Born in Chisholm,St. LouisCounty, Minn.,June 21,1909.Democrat.Laborleader; candidate forMichiganstate senate 32nd District, 1944, 1946; candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1948; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Michigan,1968(voted forHubertH. Humphrey andEdmundS. Muskie).Lutheran.Finnish ancestry.Died in Evanston,CookCounty, Ill.,April 7,1990 (age80 years, 290days).Interment atSugarIsland Cemetery, Sugar Island, Mich. | | Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1912-1999) — also known asGlenn T. Seaborg;Glenn TeodorSjöberg —Born in Ishpeming,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,April19, 1912.Democrat.Physicalchemist;universityprofessor; received theNobelPrize in Chemistry, 1951; chair, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission,1961-71.Swedish ancestry. Member,AlphaChi Sigma;AmericanChemical Society.Died in Lafayette,ContraCosta County, Calif.,February25, 1999 (age86 years, 312days).Cremated. | | George Ellis Sivula (1917-1981) — also known asGeorge E. Sivula — of Negaunee,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born in Negaunee,MarquetteCounty, Mich.,June 14,1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;realtor;insurancebusiness;mayorof Negaunee, Mich., 1952-53.Lutheran.Finnish ancestry. Member,Freemasons;Shriners;Eagles;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Iron Mountain,DickinsonCounty, Mich.,November9, 1981 (age64 years, 148days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Victor J. Sivula and Matilda M. Sivula; married,February20, 1946, to Alice Jane Petrinic. |
| | Charles F. Sundstrom (1865-1948) — of Michigamme,MarquetteCounty, Mich.Born inSweden,March10, 1865.Democrat.Merchant;member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Marquette County, 1935-42,1945-46; defeated, 1942, 1946.Catholic.Swedish ancestry. Member,ModernWoodmen;Elks.Died in1948(ageabout83 years).Burial location unknown.
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