Edward W. Stark

Last updated

Edward W. Stark (December 5, 1869 January 9, 1935) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Fish Lake Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, Stark was a merchant and lived in Harris, Minnesota. Stark served as Harris village assessor and treasurer. He also served on the Harris school board and was the board clerk. Stark served as probate judge for Chisago County. From 1901 to 1905, Stark served in the Minnesota House of Representatives and was a Republican. His father Lars Johan Stark also served in the Minnesota State Legislature. From 1925 to 1927, Stark served as Minnesota State Treasurer. Stark died suddenly in Center City, Minnesota while eating dinner. [1] [2]

Fish Lake Township, Chisago County, Minnesota Township in Minnesota, United States

Fish Lake Township is a township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,012 at the 2010 census.

Chisago County, Minnesota County in the United States

Chisago County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 53,887. Its county seat is Center City.

Harris, Minnesota City in Minnesota, United States

Harris is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,132 at the 2010 census. There is a restaurant named Kaffe Stuga, a post office, a bar and grill, and tattoo shop, among other businesses. Interstate 35 serves as a main route for the community.

Notes

  1. Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-Edward W. Stark
  2. 'E. W. Stark, Former Treasurer, Dies,' Albert Lea Evening Tribune, January 10, 1935, pg. 1

Related Research Articles

Kanabec County, Minnesota County in the United States

Kanabec County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 16,239. Its county seat is Mora.

Rushseba Township, Chisago County, Minnesota Township in Minnesota, United States

Rushseba Township is a township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 804 at the 2010 census.

Henry Poehler American politician

Henry Poehler, (August 22, 1833 – July 18, 1912, was Representative from Minnesota; born in Hiddesen, Lippe-Detmold, Germany ; attended his father’s academy; immigrated to the United States in April 1848 and settled in Burlington, Iowa, where he attended the public schools; moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1853 and to Henderson, Sibley County, Minnesota, in 1854; engaged in general merchandising and as a grain merchant; appointed postmaster at Henderson, Minnesota, February 25, 1856, and served until April 12, 1861; served in the state house of representatives in 1857, 1858, and 1865; county commissioner of Sibley County and chairman of the board from January 1865 to January 1868; member of the state senate in 1872 and 1873 and again in 1876 and 1877; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress ; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; unsuccessful candidate for Minnesota State Treasurer; served as mayor of Henderson for several terms; moved to Minneapolis in 1889 and engaged in the general merchandise and grain business; moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1895; died in Henderson, Minnesota, while on a visit; interment in Major James R. Browne’s Cemetery.

Nathaniel Edwin Harris Confederate Army officer and politician

Nathaniel Edwin Harris was an American lawyer and politician, and the 61st Governor of Georgia.

William Henry Harries was a Representative in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.

Minnesota State Highway 98 was a highway in Minnesota, which ran from to U.S. Route 61 in Wyoming to U.S. Route 8 in Chisago City. It was decommissioned in 1996 and became Chisago County Road 22.

Sunrise, Minnesota Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

Sunrise is an unincorporated community in Sunrise Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, United States.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Chisago County, Minnesota Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chisago County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.

Nathan C. D. Taylor was a politician from Minnesota Territory and a former member of the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives, representing Taylors Falls, Minnesota. He was born in Belknap County, New Hampshire and also lived in Alton, Illinois for a time. He settled near St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin in 1848 and was also involved in the development of Taylors Falls, Minnesota. He ran a mercantile business in Taylors Falls and was also engaged in the lumber industry. He was twice elected to the Minnesota Territory House of Representatives: first in 1854 and again in 1856. He later served as the treasurer for Chisago County, Minnesota from 1866 to 1876. He died in Taylors Falls in 1887.

Richard "Rick" Olseen is a Minnesota politician and a former member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 17, which includes portions of Anoka, Chisago and Isanti counties in the northeastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. A Democrat, he was first elected to the Senate in 2006. He was unseated by Republican Sean Nienow in the 2010 general election; he had previously unseated Nienow in the 2006 general election.

H. Ross Ake banker, state treasurer state senator

Howard Ross Ake was a Republican politician and banker from the U.S. state of Ohio. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate, appointed as Ohio State Treasurer, and ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

Solar power in Minnesota

Solar power in Minnesota is expanding significantly as a result of favorable policies and as the cost of photovoltaics continues to decrease. Minnesota was the 12th largest state solar market in 2016, and the only Midwestern state in the top 20 by either market size or installed capacity.

Stark, Minnesota Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

Stark is an unincorporated community in Fish Lake Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, United States.

Rush Point, Minnesota Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

Rush Point is an unincorporated community in Nessel Township, Chisago County, Minnesota, United States.

Lars Johan Stark was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Arthur C. Gooding was an American businessman and politician.

Carl Alfred "C. A." Halverson was an American farmer, educator, and politician.