Lars W. Boe

BOE

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Date: 11/6/2009 at 06:10:04

BOE, LARS W. Senator from the Forty-first district, composed of the counties of Mitchell, Worth and Winnebago, was born in Calumet, Mich., on the twenty-seventh day of December, 1875, of Norwegian parentage. Moved to LaSalle county, Ill., in 1879, and to Worth county, Iowa, in 1889. After having finished the graded school he attended St. Ansgar Seminary, St. Ansgar, Iowa, and later on St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., where he graduated in 1898. Took up the study of theology in 1898, and was graduated from the United Church Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., in 1901, and was ordained the same year a pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Served for three years as pastor in Chickasaw county, Iowa. In 1904 he moved to Forest City to take up the work as pastor of the Lutheran church and president of the Waldorf Lutheran College. Elected representative in 1908. Elected senator in 1912. A republican in politics.

~Iowa Official Record, Legislative biographies

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