Paul John Kvale

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Paul John Kvale

Personal details
Born	(1896-03-27)March 27, 1896 Orfordville, Wisconsin
Died	June 14, 1960(1960-06-14) (aged 64) Minneapolis
Resting place	Protestant Cemetery, Benson
Political party	Farmer-Labor
Alma mater	University of Minnesota Luther College
Religion	Lutheran
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1917-1919
Battles/wars	World War I

Paul John Kvale (March 27, 1896 – June 14, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.

Early life

Kvale was born in Orfordville, Wisconsin as son of Ole J. Kvale. He attended the Orfordville school and the University of Illinois. In 1917, he moved to Benson, Minnesota with his parents. Kvale was graduated from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, in 1917 and served in the United States Army during the First World War as a sergeant in a machine gun corps, from September 7, 1917, to August 4, 1919.

After the war, he became a student at the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1919 and 1920, after which he returned to and engaged as editor of the Swift County News in 1920 and 1921. In 1921, he became staff editor of the Minneapolis Tribune.

Political career

From 1922 to 1929, Kvale served as secretary to his father, a member of congress. After his father's death, he was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the 71st congress to fill the vacancy. Kvale was re-elected to the 72nd, 73rd, 74th, and 75th congresses, and served from October 16, 1929 to January 3, 1939. His run for reelection in 1938 to the 76th congress was unsuccessful.

On June 14, 1960, Paul John Kvale died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was interred at the Protestant Cemetery in Benson. Asked how to say his name, Kvale told The Literary Digest: "Pronounced qually rhymes with golly."^[1]

References

↑ What's the Name, Please?, Charles Earle Funk, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936

Other sources

Paul John Kvale at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Paul John Kvale at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Ole J. Kvale	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district 1929 – 1933	Succeeded by General Ticket Adopted
Preceded by General Ticket Adopted	U.S. Representative from Minnesota General Ticket Seat Seven 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by General Ticket Abolished
Preceded by General Ticket Abolished	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district 1935 – 1939	Succeeded by Herman Carl Andersen

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota

Districts 1–8 (active)

1st district	Territorial Delegate, 1849–1858 Sibley Rice Kingsbury 1863–1933 Windom Wilkinson Dunnell While T. Wilson Dunnell Harries Tawney Anderson Furlow Christgau 1935–present Andresen Quie Erdahl Penny Gutknecht Walz

2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline

3rd district	1873–1933 Averill King Stewart Washburn Strait MacDonald D. Hall O. Hall Heatwole Davis Andresen 1935–present Lundeen Teigan Alexander Gale Gallagher MacKinnon Wier MacGregor Frenzel Ramstad Paulsen

4th district	1883–1933 Washburn Gilfillan Rice Snider Castle Kiefer Stevens Van Dyke Keller Maas 1935–present Maas Starkey Devitt McCarthy Karth Vento McCollum

5th district	1883–1933 Nelson Comstock Halvorson Fletcher Lind Fletcher Nye Smith Lundeen Newton W. Nolan 1935–present Christianson D. Johnson Youngdahl Judd Fraser Sabo Ellison

6th district	1893–1933 Baldwin Towne Morris Buckman Lindbergh H. Knutson 1935–present H. Knutson Marshall Olson Zwach R. Nolan Weber Sikorski Grams Luther Kennedy Bachmann

7th district	1893–1933 Boen Eddy Volstead O. Kvale P. Kvale 1935–present P. Kvale Andersen Langen Bergland Stangeland Peterson

8th district	1903–33 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan

Districts 9–10 and Statewide General Ticket (obsolete)

9th district	1903–33 Steenerson Wefald Selvig 1935–63 Buckler Hagen C. Knutson Langen

10th district	1915–33 Schall Goodwin

General Ticket	1858–63 Cavanaugh Phelps Windom Aldrich 1913–15 Manahan 1933–35 Arens Chase Christianson Hoidale Johnson H. Knutson P. Kvale Lundeen Shoemaker

Persondata
Name	Kvale, Paul John
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 27, 1896
Place of birth
Date of death	June 14, 1960
Place of death

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