succeeded death_date death_place religion birth_place jr/sr party nationality profession preceded term birth_date article_title state name alma_mater
edward john thye 26 june 1960 alexandria , minnesota lutheran kandiyohi county , minnesota united states senator minnesota farmer-labor party , republican norwegian-american dentist frank b. kellogg march , 1947 4 , 1923 & ndash ; january 3 8 january 1881 henrik shipstead
 minnesota henrik shipstead northwestern university
henrik shipstead

henrik shipstead -lrb- january 8 , 1881june 26 , 1960 -rrb- was an american politician .
he served in the united states senate from march 4 , 1923 , to january 3 , 1947 , from the state of minnesota in the 68th , 69th , 70th , 71st , 72nd , 73rd , 74th , 75th , 76th , 77th , 78th , and 79th congresses .
he served first as a member of the minnesota farmer-labor party from 1923 to 1941 and then as a republican from 1941 to 1947 .
few members of congress in american history were more consistent in opposing us foreign interventionism .
shipstead was born on a farm in kandiyohi county , minnesota , in 1881 to norwegian immigrant parents .
in the early 20th century , he set up a dental practice and was elected president of the village council of glenwood in neighboring pope county .
