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Charles Munn (politician)

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Charles Munn
37th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
January 1933 – January 1935
Preceded byOscar A. Swenson
Succeeded byGeorge W. Johnson
Minnesota State Representative
In office
January 1927 – January 1935
Personal details
Born(1887-03-17)March 17, 1887
Osseo, Minnesota
DiedJanuary 31, 1973(1973-01-31) (aged 85)
Political partyNonpartisan Conservative Caucus
Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus
Farmer-Labor
ResidenceOsseo, Minnesota
ProfessionFarmer

Charles Munn (March 17, 1887 in Osseo, Minnesota – January 31, 1973) was a Minnesota Farmer-Laborite politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1926, and originally caucused with the Conservative Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body. He later joined the Liberal Caucus, and in 1933, he became the first Farmer-Laborite to be elected speaker, a position he held for two years. In 1934, he was elected to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
1933–1935
Succeeded by