Ernest Lundeen

Ernest Lundeen

U.S. Senator from Minnesota
In office January 3, 1937 to August 31, 1940
Preceded by	Guy V. Howard
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Ball

Born	August 4, 1878 Beresford, South Dakota
Died	August 31, 1940
Political party	Republican Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party

Ernest Lundeen (August 4, 1878 – August 31, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician.

Lundeen was born in Beresford, South Dakota and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. He served as a Republican from Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives, from March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1919 in the 65th congress. He served as a Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party member in the House from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1937 in the 73rd and 74th congresses. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1936 as a member of the Farmer-Labor Party. He served from January 3, 1937 in the 75th and 76th congresses, until his death in an airplane crash.

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Preceded by George Ross Smith	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district 1917 – 1919	Succeeded by Walter Newton
Preceded by William Pittenger	U.S. Representative from Minnesota (at large) 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by William Pittenger
Preceded by Theodore Christianson	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district 1935 – 1937	Succeeded by Henry Teigan
Preceded by Guy V. Howard	United States Senator (Class 2) from Minnesota 1937 – 1940 Served alongside: Henrik Shipstead	Succeeded by Joseph H. Ball