Odin Langen

Odin Langen

Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (born January 5, 1913 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , †  July 6, 1976 in Kennedy , Minnesota) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1971 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Odin Langen attended public schools in his home country and then from 1933 to 1934 the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis. He then worked as a farmer near the parish of Kennedy. Between 1935 and 1950 he also worked for the Production Marketing Administration in Kittson County . He served as President of the Kennedy School Committee in 1948 and 1950. He was also a member of the South Red River City School Committee .

Langen was a member of the Republican Party . From 1950 to 1958 he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1958 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Coya Knutson on January 3, 1959 . After re-election in 1960, he was able to represent this district in Congress until it was dissolved on January 3, 1963 . In the elections of 1962 he was elected in the seventh district to succeed Herman Carl Andersen in the US House of Representatives. After three re-elections he was able to represent this district there until January 3, 1971. During his time in Congress, the Vietnam War began . Domestically, the United States has been rocked by racial unrest.

In the 1970 elections, Langen lost to Robert Bergland . In 1971 and 1972 he was employed by the US Department of Agriculture . Then he retired from politics and worked as a farmer again. Odin Langen died on July 6, 1976.

Web links

• Odin Langen in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Odin Langen in the database of Find a Grave (English)