Einar Hoidale

Einar Hoidale (August 17, 1870 – December 5, 1952) was a Norwegian-American politician. Born in Tromsø, Norway, he immigrated to the United States at the age of seven. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1898.^[1] As a lawyer and a businessman he became a prominent member of the community in Minnesota. He was the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota in 1930. He was elected at-large to the United States House of Representatives and served in the 73rd Congress from 1933 to 1935 as a Democrat. He lost a subsequent election after being nominated again for the U.S. Senate.

In both of his Senate campaigns, Hoidale was involved in competitive 3-way races with Republican and Farmer Labor Party candidates, and came in second place both times. In 1930, he was barely defeated by Republican incumbent Thomas Schall, with 36% of the vote, well ahead of former Congressman and future senator Ernest Lundeen of the Farmer Labor Party. In 1934, he lost decisively to Farmer Labor incumbent Henrik Shipstead, with 29% of the vote.

References

↑ Corrine Charais, Political Action Among Alumni, Perspectives, Spring 2007 (page 18).

External links

Einar Hoidale at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by General Ticket Established	U.S. Representative from Minnesota General Ticket Seat Four 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by General Ticket Abolished

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 Emmer

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