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Representative Adolph Marcus Schanke View All Years

Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 7/23/1964
Birth Place: Mankato, Minnesota
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 53 (1949)
Home County: Cerro Gordo
Adolph Marcus Schanke
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City Cerro Gordo County Democrat Born at Mankato, Minnesota, January 23, 1878. Attended common schools at Elmore, Minnesota, and Commercial college at Mankato, Minnesota. Moved to Mason City, Iowa, in 1910. Engaged in banking and investment securities from 1896 until 1939; then postmaster at Mason City until retired in May, 1948. Served as chairman of Cerro Gordo County Emergency Relief Committee and other affiliated agencies. Presently engaged in wholesale heating equipment and air conditioning supply business. Married Gertrude Calista Kiester; two children, Harriet Wilma and Gertrude Virginia. Member of Lutheran Church. First term.
House District 87
Committees
53rd GA (1949)
Legislation Sponsored
53rd GA (1949)