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The Political Graveyard: Redwood County, Minn.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Redwood County, Minn.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Zwach</b> — of Walnut Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Gales Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-born.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/02-08.html">February 8, 1907</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1935-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 14th District, 1947-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 6th District, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MN.html">1968</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/11-11.html">November 11, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 276 days</a>). Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Z000016">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412009">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7891931">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Morgan, Redwood County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674242353/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/031/26.16.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="C. M. Bendixen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Christopher M. Bendixen (1857-1953)</b> — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn.; Morgan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-born.html">Denmark</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/index.html">1857</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1907-10, 1913-24 (District 19 1907-10, 1913-14, District 14 1915-24). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Danish</a> ancestry. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1953/index.html">1953</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/96.html">about 96 years</a>). Interment at Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54663991">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11215">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms02657">Redwood Falls Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frank Clague (1865-1952)</b> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Warrensville (now Warrensville Heights), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-born.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/07-13.html">July 13, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-officials.html">Redwood County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1895-1902; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 19, 1903-06; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Minnesota State House of Representatives</a>, 1905; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 19th District, 1907-14; district judge in Minnesota 9th District, 1918-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 2nd District, 1921-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-died.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/03-25.html">March 25, 1952</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 256 days</a>). Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Philip Clague and Catherine (Brew) Clague; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/04-25.html">April 25, 1895</a>, to Stella Porter.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000401">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402540">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11663">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674203929/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/031/03.85.jpg" width=70 height=91 border=0 alt="Julius A. Schmahl"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Julius August Schmahl (1867-1955)</b> — also known as <b>Julius A. Schmahl</b> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn.; St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born in Traverse des Sioux, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-born.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/08-01.html">August 1, 1867</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor and publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Minnesota</a>, 1907-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/trea.html">Minnesota state treasurer</a>, 1927-37, 1939-51; defeated, 1936. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1955/index.html">1955</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gary B. Revier (1946-2013)</b> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-born.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/12-18.html">December 18, 1946</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Minnesota</a> 2nd District, 1994 (Independent Republican), 1996 (Republican); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/redwoodfalls.html">mayor of Redwood Falls, Minn.</a>, 2007-13; died in office 2013. Died in Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-died.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/12-20.html">December 20, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 2 days</a>). Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Albert Charles 'Bert' Revier and Delores A. (Berberich) Revier.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/124482898">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John St. George Honner (b. 1831)</b> — also known as <b>J. S. G. Honner</b> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/index.html">1831</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 19, 1866, 1871; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 37th District, 1873-74. Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13413">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Aubrey W. Dirlam (1913-1995)</b> — of Minnesota. Born in Panora, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/GU-born.html">Guthrie County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/10-20.html">October 20, 1913</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1941-74 (District 14 1941-62, District 17 1963-66, District 17-A 1967-72, District 21-B 1973-74). Died in Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-died.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1995/06-03.html">June 3, 1995</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10148">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Hans Mathias Aune (1861-1937)</b> — also known as <b>Hans M. Aune</b> — of Redwood Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RD-lived.html">Redwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Trondheim, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/05-19.html">May 19, 1861</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Clothing merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/redwoodfalls.html">mayor of Redwood Falls, Minn.</a>, 1920; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 14, 1937; died in office 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Norwegian</a> ancestry. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in his room at the Ryan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-05.html">June 5, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 17 days</a>). Interment at Redwood Falls Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Corrine C. Swain.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/191557894">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11031">Minnesota Legislator record</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04777">Crestlawn Memorial Gardens</a></b></span><br> Near Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Barbara Vickerman (1933-1997)</b> — also known as <b>Barbara Lou Gilb</b> — of Minnesota. Born in Tracy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/LY-born.html">Lyon County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/10-26.html">October 26, 1933</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1993-97; died in office 1997. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver-cancer.html">liver cancer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/12-22.html">December 22, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 57 days</a>). Interment at Crestlawn Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Gerald Vickerman; distant cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/verna-vigorito.html#187.06.30">John Clifford Vickerman</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general sideline */ google_ad_slot = "2646840196"; google_ad_width = 160; google_ad_height = 600; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9588757529416233"; /* TPG general bottomline */ google_ad_slot = "1170106998"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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Rural Telephone</a>. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute <b>fair use</b> under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons License</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3 align="left" valign="top"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> <b>Site information:</b> The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by <b>Lawrence Kestenbaum</b>, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is <b>The Political Graveyard, P.O. 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