Loren Fletcher

Loren Fletcher


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	Kittel Halvorson
Succeeded by	John Lind
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	John Lind
Succeeded by	Frank Nye
16th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1881 – 1885
Preceded by	Charles A. Gilman
Succeeded by	John L. Gibbs
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1872-1886
Personal details
Born	April 10, 1833 Mount Vernon, Maine, USA
Died	April 15, 1919 (aged 76) Atlanta, Georgia
Political party	Republican

Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine. Fletcher moved to Bangor in 1853, where he was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company.

In 1856, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits, largely in the manufacture of lumber and flour. He became a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank upon its establishment in 1864.

Fletcher was elected a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1872 – 1886, and served as speaker from 1880 to 1885. Beginning with the 1892 election, he was elected as a Republican to the 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903). Fletcher served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (57th congress. He was defeated in the 1902 election to the 58th congress, but was elected to the 59th congress, (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907). He declined to be a candidate for reelection and retired from active business.

Fletcher died in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15, 1919; He is interred in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Fletcher was married to Amerette J. Thomas from 1855 until she died in 1892. The couple has one child, a daughter.

References

Minnesota Legislators Past and Present

United States Congress. "Loren Fletcher (id: F000202)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Sources

Loren Fletcher Memorial. Minnesota Journal of the House, April 22, 1919, p. 1857.
Shutter, Marion Daniel. "Loren Fletcher." Progressive Men of Minnesota, Minneapolis: The Minneapolis Journal, 1897, p. 38-39.
"Fletcher, L." The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota. St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873, p. 27.
"Hon. L. Fletcher." Memoirs of the State Officers; and of the Nineteenth Legislature of Minnesota, by C.L. Hall. Minneapolis: Johnson & Smith, p. 36.

United States House of Representatives
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 Minnesota's 5th congressional district 1905 – 1907	Succeeded by Frank Nye
Political offices
Preceded by Charles A. Gilman	Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1881 – 1885	Succeeded by John L. Gibbs

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 Lewis (elect)

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	1903–1933 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

Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives

Territorial (1849–1857)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber

State (since 1857)	Watrous Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs 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 Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 36726534 LCCN: no2008065701 US Congress: F000202

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