John G. Alexander

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John Grant Alexander (July 16, 1893 – December 18, 1971) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Texas Valley, Cortland County, New York, July 16, 1893; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1916; was admitted to the New York bar the same year; moved to Redwood Falls, MN, in 1916; was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1917 and commenced practice in Lynd, MN; engaged in the banking business 1917 – 1923; during the First World War served as a private in the Three Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ambulance Company in 1918; engaged in the insurance business and in real estate management in Minneapolis, MN, in 1924; member of the Minnesota National Guard 1927 – 1937; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1940; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1942; resumed the business of real estate management and insurance; resided in Minneapolis, MN, where he died December 8, 1971; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.

Preceded by:
Henry Teigan		 U.S. Representative from the 3rd Congressional District of Minnesota
1939 – 1941		 Succeeded by:
Richard Pillsbury Gale
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