Andrew Grindeland, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andrew Grindeland

American politician

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1856

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1932

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Andrew Grindeland

  • Andrew Grindeland (November 20, 1856 – October 28, 1932) was an American lawyer, judge and Minnesota state senator.Andrew Grindeland was born in Highlandville, Iowa.
  • He was the son of Ingebrit Grindeland and Lucie Halstensdattir, both immigrants from Norway.
  • He educated at the Decorah Institute in Decorah, Iowa.
  • He graduated from the University of Iowa law school in 1882.
  • He opened a law practice that year in the frontier town of Warren, Minnesota.
  • He served on the city council and as city recorder.
  • He drafted the Warren city charter.
  • He engaged in the real estate firm of Grindeland & Forsberg.
  • From 1889 to 1900, he was probate judge of Marshall County, Minnesota.
  • He served one term in the Minnesota State Senate from 1899–1903, giving up his seat to unsuccessfully seek the Republican nomination to the U.S.
  • House of Representatives.
  • In 1902, he took on as an associate Julius J.
  • Olson, who late became a Minnesota Supreme Court justice.
  • In March 1903, Governor Samuel Van Sant appointed him to the district court bench.
  • He was elected in 1904, and re-elected in 1910, 1916, 1922, and 1928.
  • He retired on November 26, 1930. Grindeland married Inger Forde of Big Canoe in Winneshiek County, Iowa in 1882.
  • They had one son and six daughters.
  • His granddaughter Katherine married Oscar R.
  • Knutson, chief justice of Minnesota, in 1968.
  • In addition to his judicial work, he served on the boards of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, St.
  • Olaf College, Luther College in Decorah and Grand Forks College in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
  • While on the bench, he served as president of the Warren Commercial Club.
  • He died in Warren on October 28, 1932, of a heart attack.
  • His papers are reposited at the Minnesota Historical Society.

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