Halvor Steenerson

Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926), was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born at Pleasant Springs near Madison Dane County, Wisconsin; he moved with his parents to Sheldon, Houston County, Minnesota, in 1853; attended the county schools and the high school in Rushford, Minnesota; studied law at the Union College of Law in Chicago; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice in Lanesboro, Minnesota; moved to Crookston Polk County, Minnesota in 1880; prosecuting attorney of Polk County 1881 – 1883; city attorney of Crookston; member of the Minnesota Senate 1883 – 1887; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1884 and 1888; elected as a Republican to the 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, and 67th congresses, (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1923); chairman of the Committee on Militia (60th and 61st congresses), Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (66th and 67th congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the 68th congress; vice president of the American group of the Interparliamentary Union; resumed the practice of law in Crookston, Minnesota, and died there November 22, 1926; interment in Oakdale Cemetery.