from Minnesota's 4th district
Andrew Robert Kiefer (May 25,1832 – May 1,1904) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota;born at Marienborn,Grand Duchy of Hesse;he attended school in Mainz;immigrated to the United States in 1849 and settled in St. Paul,Minnesota,in 1855;inspector and collector of the wharf in 1857;engaged in mercantile pursuits;enrolling clerk of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860;entered the Union Army as captain of the Second Regiment,Minnesota Volunteer Infantry,on July 8,1861,and served until July 18,1863,when he was compelled to resign on account of ill health;commissioned by Governor Swift colonel of the Thirty-first Regiment of State militia in 1863;member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1864;was engaged in the wholesale mercantile business 1865 – 1878 and in 1880 became interested in real estate;clerk of the district courts of Ramsey County 1878 – 1883;unsuccessful Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul in 1890;elected as a Republican to the 53rd and 54th congresses,(March 4,1893 – March 3,1897);was not a candidate for reelection in 1896;mayor of St. Paul in 1898;at the time of his death was the Republican candidate for city controller;died in St. Paul,Ramsey County,Minnesota;interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Alexander Ramsey was an American politician,who became the first Minnesota Territorial Governor and later became a U.S. Senator. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s.
Edward Breitung was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.
Edmund Rice was an American politician. Rice served in the U.S. Congress in Minnesota's 4th District from March 4,1887,to March 3,1889.
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John Thomas Averill was a United States Army officer in the American Civil War who later became a U.S. congressional representative from Minnesota.
Horace Burton Strait was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
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Loren Fletcher was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Oscar Edward Keller was a representative from Minnesota.
Charles Russell Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
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Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Madisonville,Kentucky,Metcalfe attended the common schools,Shurtleff College,Alton,Illinois,and Illinois College,Jacksonville,Illinois. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Alton,Illinois,in 1844. He served as member of the board of aldermen of Alton.
John Frederick Dezendorf was a U.S. representative from Virginia.
The 2006 congressional elections in Minnesota were held on November 7,2006,to determine who would represent the state of Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives.