About Douglas H. Sillers
Lived 1915 – 2011 (aged 95–96). Douglas H. Sillers was an American teacher, military personnel and politician.
Douglas H. Sillers (February 9, 1915 – August 1, 2011 ) was an Minnesotan politician who served in both the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate.
Sillers was born in 1915 in Calvin, North Dakota. After completing high school in Calvin he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He then became a social studies teacher. He also worked at the Federal Land Bank in Washburn, North Dakota.
During World War II Sillers joined the United States Navy. He served in England and earned the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade). In 1972 he was elected to the Minnesota Senate, representing the 9th district. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1976, but lost his 1980 re-election bid. He also taught political science at Concordia College in Moorhead. Sillers was a Presbyterian. He died in 2011.
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American politician
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Douglas H. Sillers was born in 1915 in North Dakota.
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Douglas H. Sillers died in 2011.
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Douglas H. Sillers was a teacher, military personnel and politician.
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Douglas H. Sillers was American.
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