district death_date death_place religion birth_place party state_house birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation
53rd 53rd february 19 , 1968 crow wing county , minnesota protestant ellendale , north dakota dfl minnesota minnesota september 23 , 1894 1953 1937 brainerd , minnesota charles halsted
 1967 1947 charles l. `` chas '' halsted grocer
charles halsted

charles l. `` chas '' halsted -lrb- born september 23 , 1894 in ellendale , north dakota , died february 19 , 1968 in crow wing county , minnesota -rrb- was a minnesota politician , a member of the minnesota house of representatives , and the democratic-farmer-labor party candidate in minnesota 's 1948 gubernatorial election .
halsted served as town clerk in brainerd , minnesota , and worked as a grocer .
he was first elected to the legislature in 1937 , representing brainerd .
he served in the legislature until 1947 , and in 1948 , challenged incumbent republican governor luther youngdahl .
in 1953 , halsted returned to the minnesota house of representatives , where he served until 1967 .
he died in 1968 .
halsted was married with seven children .
