Albert Berg

Albert Fredric Berg (June 25, 1861 – February 13, 1920) was a Swedish-American farmer, educator, and politician. Berg served three terms as the eleventh Minnesota Secretary of State from 1895 to 1901 and later served a single term in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Early life and career Berg was born on June 25, 1861 in Center City, Minnesota to Swedish parents. Berg attended common school in Minnesota before studying at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota from 1877 to 1878 and Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota from 1878 to 1880. Berg would eventually run for the political office of Minnesota Secretary of State in the 1894 Minnesota Secretary of State election as a Republican. Berg won 52.71% of the popular vote with a +28.85% margin of victory. Berg was succeeded as Minnesota Secretary of State by Peter E. Hanson.

Following his career as Minnesota Secretary of State Berg served a single term in the Minnesota House of Representatives as a Republican for Minnesota's 63th District representing Kittson County, Marshall County, and Roseau County. Berg later worked as a cashier and became the bank director of the State Bank of Warroad in Warroad, Minnesota from 1904 to 1906. Berg died on February 13, 1920 at the age of 58 of pneumonia at the Mounds Park Sanitarium in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Berg is buried in the Chisago Lake Cemetery in Center City, Minnesota.