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Andresen, August H. (August Herman), 1890-1958

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Personal name headingAndresen, August H. (August Herman), 1890-1958
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Variant(s)Andresen, August H. (August Herman), b. 1890
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date18901011
Death date19580114
Place of birthNewark (Ill.)
Place of deathBethesda (Md.)
Field of activityLegislation
AffiliationUnited States Congress House Committee on Agriculture Special Subcommittee to Investigate Food Shortages
Profession or occupationLegislators--United States
Found inNew Deal policies on farm and labor, 1936: t.p. (August H. Andersen)
OCLC, May 11, 2001 (hdg.: Andresen, August Herman, 1890- ; usage: August H. Andresen)
August Herman Andresen (11 October 1890 - 14 January 1958) was a lawyer and politician from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Congress as a Republican for thirty-one years. Andresen was born in Newark, Illinois to Reverend Ole and Anna Andresen. He graduated from St. Olaf College in 1912 and William Mitchell College of Law (then the St. Paul College of Law) in 1914. He married Julia Lien the same year. He was first elected to Congress in 1925, serving the third district from 1925 -1933, in the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd congresses, and the first district from 1935 - 1958, in the 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, and 85th congresses.
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