About Bjarne Elgar Grottum
Lived 1893 – 1987 (aged 94). Bjarne Elgar Grottum was an American politician, lawyer and military personnel.
Bjarne Edgar Grottum (August 9, 1893 — October 4, 1987) was an American attorney who served as state senator for Minnesota's 10th district serving Cottonwood and Jackson counties.
Grottum was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and raised on a farm in Jackson, Minnesota.
He served in the senate from 1947 to 1954 as a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFLer) but "caucused with the Conservative majority of the Senate" and later stated that the "Legislature should be truly nonpartisan". He was preceded by Ole Finstad and succeeded by Walter Franz In addition to his work in the senate, he served as County Attorney for Jackson County for 12 years and served on the Board of Regents at the University of Minnesota (1961-1967). He died in Mesa, Arizona and was buried in the Delafield Cemetery in Jackson County, Minnesota.
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Bjarne Elgar Grottum was born on 9 August 1893 in Minneapolis.
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Bjarne Elgar Grottum died on 4 October 1987 in Mesa.
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