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Pembina County Biographies
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Pembina County Biographies
Lynn Joseph Frazier
(1874—1947)
Senate Years of Service: 1923-1941
Party: RepublicanFRAZIER, Lynn Joseph, a Senator from North Dakota; born near Medford, Steele County, Minn., December 21, 1874; moved to Dakota Territory (now North Dakota) in 1881 with his parents, who homesteaded in Pembina County; attended the country schools; graduated from Mayville State Normal School, North Dakota, in 1895, and from the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks in 1901; engaged in agricultural pursuits; Governor of North Dakota 1917-1921; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1922; reelected in 1928 and in 1934 and served from March 4, 1923, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940; chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Seventieth through Seventy-second Congresses); resumed his agricultural pursuits; died January 11, 1947, in Riverdale, Md.; interment in Park Cemetery, Hoople, N.Dak.
[Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present; contributed by A. Newell]
CHRISTIAN GANSSLE, of the first legislative district. St. Thomas, Pembina county, was born in Germany on May 20, 1866 and is married. He came to North Dakota from Canada in 1882 and is a farmer. He was educated in the common schools. Was a member of the legislature in 1905 and 1907, was re-elected in 1909 to the house and was elected to the senate in 1910, as a republican.
[Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.]
JOHN HART, Joliette, of the first legislative district, was born at Tilsonburg, Canada, July 13, 1808, and came with his parents to the United States in March. 1880, locating in South Dakota, where he received his education in the common schools. He came to North Dakota in 1896 and engaged in the mercantile business. Has served as postmaster at Joliette since March 25, 1898. He is married and has three children. He was elected representative as a republican.
[Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.]
W. M. HUSBAND, Hensel, of the first legislative district, was born at Hamilton, Ont., Canada, January 30, 1849, and came to North Dakota February 1889 direct from Canada. He received his education in the common schools of Ontario. He has engaged in farming for the vast twenty-four years. Served as alderman of the city of Guelph, Ont., and in several minor township and school district offices in North Dakota. He is married and has nine children. He was elected representative as a republican.
[Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.]
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