Ole J. Kvale

American politician

Ole J. Kvale


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 7th district
In office March 4, 1923 – September 11, 1929
Preceded by	Andrew Volstead
Succeeded by	Paul J. Kvale

Personal details
Born	Ole Juulson Kvale (1869-02-06)February 6, 1869 Winneshiek, Iowa, U.S.
Died	September 11, 1929(1929-09-11) (aged 60) Otter Tail, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Farmer-Labor
Alma mater	Luther College Luther Theological Seminary University of Chicago

Ole Juulson Kvale (February 6, 1869 – September 11, 1929) was a Lutheran minister and U.S. Representative from Minnesota.^[1]

Background

Ole Juulson Kvale was born near Decorah, Iowa. He was one of six children born to Jule Qvale (1836-1918) and Gro Qvale (1833-1910), both of whom were immigrants from Norway. He inherited his family name from the farm Kvåle in Vestre Slidre in the Valdres valley district.^[2] He attended rural schools in Winneshiek County, Iowa. He was graduated from Luther College in Decorah in 1890, from Luther Theological Seminary, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1893 and from the University of Chicago in 1914. He was ordained to the Lutheran ministry in 1894 serving parishes in Orfordville, Wisconsin, from 1894 to 1917 and in Benson, Swift County, Minnesota. In 1917, he became the secretary of the Norwegian Synod.^[3]

Career

Kvale had been an unsuccessful candidate as an Independent Republican for election in 1920 to the 67th congress. He was elected as a Farmer-Labor candidate to the 68th, 69th, 70th, and 71st congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his death.^[4]

Personal life

He was married to Ida Tonette (Simley) Kvale (1876-1926). They had six children including United States Representative Paul John Kvale. Ole Kvale died in a fire in his summer house near Otter Tail Lake, Minnesota, on September 11, 1929. His interment was in Benson Cemetery, Swift County, Minnesota.^[2]^[5]

Primary Source

United States Congress. "Ole J. Kvale (id: K000349)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

References

^ "Kvale, Ole Juulson (1869-1929)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
^ ^a ^b “Kongresmand Kvale omkommer i Ildebrand”, Nordisk Tidende (published in New York), 19 September 1929, p. 1–2.
^ "Kvale, O. J." Nordic, Norwegian-American Digital Library. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
^ "Andrew J. Volstead And Family". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
^ "Kvale, Paul John (1896-1960)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

External links

Ole J. Kvale at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Andrew Volstead	U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district 1923 – 1929	Succeeded by Paul John Kvale

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 J. Hagedorn Finstad
2nd district	1863–1933 Donnelly E.M. Wilson Averill Strait Poehler Strait Wakefield Lind McCleary Hammond Ellsworth Clague 1935–present Ryan O'Hara Nelsen T. Hagedorn Weber Minge Kennedy Kline Lewis Craig
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 Phillips
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 Omar
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 Fischbach
8th district	1903–1933 Bede Miller Carss Larson Carss Pittenger 1935–present Pittenger Bernard Pittenger Blatnik Oberstar Cravaack R. Nolan Stauber

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

Minnesota's delegation(s) to the 68th–71st United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

68th	Senate: ▌K. Nelson (R) ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌M. Johnson (FL)	House: ▌C. Davis (R) ▌S. Anderson (R) ▌T. Schall (R) ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌O. Keller (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Larson (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌K. Wefald (FL)
69th	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌O. Keller (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌K. Wefald (FL) ▌W. Carss (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌A. Furlow (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R)
70th	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌W. Carss (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌A. Furlow (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R) ▌M. Maas (R) ▌C. Selvig (R)
71st	Senate: ▌H. Shipstead (FL) ▌T. Schall (R)	House: ▌H. Knutson (R) ▌W. Newton (R) ▌F. Clague (R) ▌O. Kvale (FL) ▌A. Andresen (R) ▌G. Goodwin (R) ▌M. Maas (R) ▌C. Selvig (R) ▌V. Christgau (R) ▌W. Pittenger (R) ▌W. Nolan (R) ▌P. Kvale (FL)