Schall, Thomas D. (1878–1935)

Thomas D. Schall was twice a self-made man: first in rising from rural poverty to become a lawyer, second in recovering from an accidental blinding to serve twenty years in Congress.

John W. Vessey Jr. with Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush

John W. Vessey Jr. with Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush

Gen. John W. Vessey Jr. (standing) meeting with Caspar Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan, Vice President George H. W. Bush, and Robert McFarlane in the Oval Office of the White House, January 20, 1981. Public domain.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. Photograph by Anton M. Opsahl, ca. 1900.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr., ca. 1880.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. giving a speech

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. giving a speech in 1923. In that year, Lindbergh’s campaigned for the Farmer Labor Party's nomination for US senator. He placed third.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. at a Nonpartisan League meeting

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. at a Nonpartisan League meeting

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. (holding the flag, at right) at a Nonpartisan League meeting in Thief River Falls, 1918.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. speaking at a Nonpartisan League meeting

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. speaking at a Nonpartisan League meeting

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. speaking from a platform at a Nonpartisan League meeting in Cottonwood, ca. 1917.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr.

Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. ca. 1918, the year in which he ran for governor as the Nonpartisan League's nominee.

Lindbergh, Charles A., Sr. (1859–1924)

Charles August (C. A.) Lindbergh, father of the aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, was a Little Falls lawyer who represented Minnesota’s Sixth District in the United States Congress for five terms. He was a leader of the progressive wing of the Republican Party and opposed the United States’ entry into World War I. As the nominee of the Nonpartisan League, he waged an unsuccessful campaign to unseat Governor Joseph Burnquist in the bitterly fought 1918 gubernatorial Republican primary.

Painting of Randolph Probstfield

Painting of Randolph Probstfield

Painting of Randolph Probstfield during his term in the Minnesota State Senate, 1891. Probstfield family photographs (Box 3), Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Moorhead.

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