| LC control no. | n 88218600 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gronna, Asle J. (Asle Jørgensen), 1858-1922 |
| Variant(s) | Gronna, Asle Jørgensen, 1858-1922 |
| Birth date | 1858-12-10 |
| Death date | 1922-05-04 |
| Place of birth | Elkader (Iowa) |
| Place of death | Lakota (N.D.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Found in | NUCMC data from State Hist. Soc. of N.D. for Baker, I. P. Papers, 1872-1924 (Asle J. Gronna; corresp. of Isaac Baker, prominent Bismarck N.D. businessman) Biog. dir. Amer. congress, 1967 (Gronna, Asle Jorgensen, 1858-1922; U.S. rep. (1905-1911) & sen. (1911-1921) from Lakota, N.D.; bd. dir., Univ. N.D.; pres. of village; Republican; farmer) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Gronna, Asle Jørgensen, 1858-1922; usage: Asle J. Gronna) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 29, 2024: (Gronna, Asle Jorgenson, a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born in Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa, December 10, 1858; moved with his parents to Houston County, Minn.; attended the public schools and the Caledonia Academy; taught school in Wilmington, Minn.; moved to Dakota Territory in 1879 and engaged in farming, teaching, and business; member, Territorial house of representatives 1889; president of the village board of trustees of Lakota and president of the board of education several terms; member, board of regents of the University of North Dakota 1902; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1905, until February 2, 1911, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected as a Republican in 1911 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Martin N. Johnson; reelected in 1914 and served from February 2, 1911, to March 3, 1921; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixty-sixth Congress); resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Lakota, N.Dak., May 4, 1922; interment in Lakota Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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