residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place children party profession office birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
littlefork , minnesota alfred i. johnson lloyd l. duxbury 31 august 1972 jämtland , sweden dorothy and alyce nonpartisan liberal caucus publisher speaker representative of the minnesota house of representatives minnesota state 4 july 1897 42nd january 5 , 1959 january 4 , 1927 fronice williams edwin j. chilgren
 january 7 , 1963 january 4 , 1965 edwin j. chilgren
edwin j. chilgren

edwin j. chilgren -lrb- july 4 , 1897 in jämtland , sweden -- august 31 , 1972 -rrb- was a minnesota politician and a speaker of the minnesota house of representatives .
after emigrating to minnesota at the age of seven , chilgren fought with the united states marines during world war i .
he was elected to the minnesota house of representatives in 1926 , where he caucused with the liberal caucus in the then-nonpartisan body .
he became chair of the taxes committee in 1955 , and in 1959 he was elected speaker , a position he held until conservatives took control of the house in 1963 .
chilgren retired from the legislature after the 1964 elections .
he died in 1972 .
