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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MontanaJohn Edward ERICKSON
(1863-1946)
Senate Years of Service:
1933-1934Party: DemocratERICKSON, John Edward, a
Senator from Montana; born in Stoughton, Dane County, Wis., March
14, 1863; moved with his parents to Eureka, Greenwood County,
Kans., where he attended the public schools; graduated from
Washburn College, Topeka, Kans., in 1890; studied law; admitted to
the bar in 1891 at Eureka, Kans., and commenced practice in
Choteau, Teton County, Mont., in 1893; county attorney of Teton
County 1897-1905; judge of the eleventh judicial district of
Montana 1905-1915; resumed the practice of law at Kalispell, Mont.,
in 1916; Governor of Montana 1925-1933; appointed on March 13,
1933, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Thomas J. Walsh and served from March 13,
1933, until November 6, 1934, when a successor was elected;
unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1934 to fill the vacancy;
resumed the practice of law in Helena, Mont., where he died on May
25, 1946; interment in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell,
Mont.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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