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Senate Years of Service: 1933-1934 Party: Democrat
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Library of Congress |
ERICKSON, 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.
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