Claim: Victor Christgau, a Republican member of Minnesota's Senate, was born in Mower County, Minnesota, which lies on the state's border with Iowa.
Evidence: Victor Laurence August Christgau (September 20, 1894 – October 10, 1991) was Representative from Minnesota He was a member of the state senate from 1927 until his resignation in 1929; elected as a Republican to the 71st and 72nd congresses, (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; resumed agricultural pursuits; appointed executive assistant to the director of production, Division of Agricultural Adjustment Administration, in June, 1933, and director of the Production Division and assistant administrator in January, 1934, serving until February, 1935; was appointed State administrator of the Minnesota Works Progress Administration in June 1935 and served until June, 1938; State director of the Minnesota division of employment and security at St. Paul, 1939 – 1954; president of the Interstate Conference Employment Security Agencies in 1947 and 1948; Director, Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance, Social Security Administration, 1954 – 1963, and executive director of Social Security Administration from January, 1963 to March, 1967; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on October 10, 1991. Mower County lies on Minnesota's border with Iowa. 
Victor Chrisgau Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 1st district Victor Laurence August Christgau
(1894-09-20)September 20, 1894
Dexter Township, Mower County, Minnesota, U.S. Republican Mower County lies on Minnesota's border with Iowa.