Ole J. Kvale

Ole Juulson Kvale (born February 6, 1869 in Decorah , Winneshiek County , Iowa , † September 11, 1929 near Otter Tail Lake , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1929 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ole Kvale attended public schools in his home country. From 1883 to 1890 he attended Luther College in Decorah. This was followed by a degree in theology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis . In 1894, Kvale was ordained a Lutheran minister. Between 1894 and 1917 he practiced this profession in Orfordville ( Wisconsin ). In the meantime, he earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1914 . Between 1917 and 1922 he was a pastor in Benson, Minnesota .

In 1920, Kvale ran unsuccessfully for Congress as an independent Republican . Then he joined the Minnesota-strong Farmer Labor Party . In the 1922 congressional elections he was elected as their candidate in the seventh constituency of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Andrew Volstead on March 4, 1923 . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following congressional elections, he could remain in the US House of Representatives until his death on September 11, 1929. After a by-election, his mandate fell to his son Paul .

Web links

Ole J. Kvale in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Kvale, Ole J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kvale, Ole Juulson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 6, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Decorah , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH	September 11, 1929
Place of death	on Otter Tail Lake , Minnesota