Charles Munn (politician)
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Charles Munn | |
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37th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
In office January 1933 – January 1935 | |
Preceded by | Oscar A. Swenson |
Succeeded by | George W. Johnson |
Minnesota State Representative | |
In office January 1927 – January 1935 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Osseo, Minnesota | March 17, 1887
Died | January 31, 1973 | (aged 85)
Political party | Nonpartisan Conservative Caucus Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus Farmer-Labor |
Residence | Osseo, Minnesota |
Profession | Farmer |
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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