death_date children birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place profession order term_start spouse name predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
20 june 1951 maurice eda , bernhard , constance , clara , and 27 march 1877 nicollet , minnesota january 1933 january 1933 january 1951 gustavus adolphus college st. paul , minnesota farmer 35th january 1931 january 1913 january 1937 bertha jenson oscar a. swenson john a. johnson new sweden township , minnesota nonpartisan conservative caucus republican speaker representative minnesota state senator of the minnesota house of representatives minnesota state charles munn lutheran oscar a. swenson

oscar a. swenson

oscar a. swenson -lrb- march 27 , 1877 -- june 20 , 1951 -rrb- was a minnesota politician and a speaker of the minnesota house of representatives .
he served two decades in the minnesota house of representatives , and another 14 years in the minnesota senate .
oscar a. swenson born in new sweden township , minnesota , the son of swen swenson , who also served in the minnesota house .
he attended new sweden township rural schools , luther academy , albert lea , minnesota and gustavus adolphus college oscar swenson was elected to the house in 1912 .
he caucused with the conservative caucus in the then-nonpartisan body , and was selected as speaker in 1931 , a position he held for two years .
swenson left the house in 1933 , but returned to the legislature after being elected to the senate in 1936 .
he held that seat until 1951 , serving as chair of the senate agriculture committee .
swenson died in 1951 in st. paul , minnesota .
he was a member of the norwegian lutheran church of norseland in nicollet county , minnesota .
his grandsons , howard swenson and douglas g. swenson both served the house of representatives in the late 1990s .
oscar swenson was a member of the norwegian lutheran church of norseland , minnesota .
he died due to complications from a cerebral hemorrhage at miller hospital in st. paul , minnesota .
his funeral was held at the norwegian lutheran church of norseland in nicollet county , minnesota .
the collection consisting of papers belonging to oscar a. swenson are contained in memorial library , southern minnesota historical center at the minnesota state university , in mankato , minnesota .
