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Loren Fletcher
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Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 13, 1919) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine; he attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine; moved to Bangor in 1853; was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company; moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1856 and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits, largely in the manufacture of lumber and flour; member of the board of directors of the First National Bank upon its establishment in 1864; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1872 – 1886 and served as speaker from 1880 to 1886; elected as a Republican to the 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (57th congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the 58th congress; elected to the 59th congress, (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907); declined to be a candidate for reelection; retired from active business; died in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15, 1919; interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
| Preceded by Kittel Halvorson |
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district 1893 – 1903 |
Succeeded by John Lind |
| Preceded by John Lind |
U.S. Representative from the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota 1905 – 1907 |
Succeeded by Frank Nye |
| Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives |  |
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| Furber • Ames • Ludden • Day • Taylor • Norris • Gardner • Watrous • Bradley • Coggswell • Benson • Sherwood • Armstrong • Wakefield • Farmer • Davidson • J. Merriam • Hall • Kinyon • Gibbs • Gilman • Fletcher • W. Merriam • Graves • Champlin • Lee • Van Sant • Jones • Dare • Dowling • Babcock • Clague • L. Johnson • Rockne • Dunn • Rines • Flowers • Parker • Nolan • J. Johnson • Swenson • Munn • G. Johnson • Barker • Hall • Hartle • A. Johnson • Chilgren • Duxbury • Dirlam • Sabo • Searle • Norton • Sieben • Jennings • Vanasek • Long • Anderson • Carruthers • Sviggum • Kelliher |
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