Tom Hagedorn

American politician

Tom Hagedorn


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	Ancher Nelsen
Succeeded by	Vin Weber
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office January 5, 1971 – January 3, 1975
Preceded by	Mac Hegstrom
Succeeded by	Darrel Peterson
Constituency	District 18B (1971–1973) District 27B (1973–1975)

Personal details
Born	Thomas Michael Hagedorn (1943-11-27) November 27, 1943 (age 80) Blue Earth, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kathleen Middlestadt
Children	3; including Jim (son)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy

Thomas Michael Hagedorn (born November 27, 1943) is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Minnesota.

Early life and education

He was born in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota, on November 27, 1943, and graduated from the Blue Earth High School in 1961.^[1]

Career

Hagedorn served in the United States Navy in 1961. After returning to Minnesota, he engaged in grain and livestock farming in Watonwan County. He served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1971 to 1975 and was a delegate to the Minnesota State and County Republican conventions in 1968 and 1972, and the national Republican conventions in 1976 and 1980. He was elected as a Republican to represent Minnesota's 2nd congressional district in the 94th, 95th, 96th, and 97th congresses, serving from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1983. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to represent Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the 98th congress in 1982. Hagedorn was succeeded in the House by author, businessman, and musician Tim Penny.^[2]

Family

Hagedorn's son Jim Hagedorn was elected to Congress in 2018 from Minnesota's 1st congressional district, which contained much of the same territory Tom Hagedorn had represented.^[3]

References

^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Thomas Michael Hagedorn
^ Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Thomas Michael Hagedorn
^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress-Jim Hagedorn

External links

United States Congress. "Tom Hagedorn (id: H000012)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Minnesota House of Representatives
Preceded by Mac Hegstrom	Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 18B district 1971–1973	Succeeded by Robert O. McEachern
Preceded by Joseph P. Graw	Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 27B district 1973–1975	Succeeded by Darrel Peterson
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Ancher Nelsen	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district 1975–1983	Succeeded by Vin Weber
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Jeff Denham as Former US Representative	Order of precedence of the United States as Former US Representative	Succeeded by David Minge as Former US Representative

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 94th–97th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

94th	Senate: ▌W. Mondale (DFL) ▌H. Humphrey (DFL) ▌W. Anderson (DFL)	House: ▌A. Quie (R) ▌J. Karth (DFL) ▌D. Fraser (DFL) ▌R. Bergland (DFL) ▌B. Frenzel (R) ▌T. Hagedorn (R) ▌R. Nolan (DFL) ▌J. Oberstar (DFL)
95th	Senate: ▌H. Humphrey (DFL) ▌W. Anderson (DFL) ▌M. Humphrey (DFL) ▌D. Durenberger (R) ▌R. Boschwitz (R)	House: ▌A. Quie (R) ▌D. Fraser (DFL) ▌R. Bergland (DFL) ▌B. Frenzel (R) ▌T. Hagedorn (R) ▌R. Nolan (DFL) ▌J. Oberstar (DFL) ▌B. Vento (DFL) ▌A. Stangeland (R)
96th	Senate: ▌D. Durenberger (R) ▌R. Boschwitz (R)	House: ▌B. Frenzel (R) ▌T. Hagedorn (R) ▌R. Nolan (DFL) ▌J. Oberstar (DFL) ▌B. Vento (DFL) ▌A. Stangeland (R) ▌A. Erdahl (R) ▌M. Sabo (DFL)
97th	Senate: ▌D. Durenberger (R) ▌R. Boschwitz (R)	House: ▌B. Frenzel (R) ▌T. Hagedorn (R) ▌J. Oberstar (DFL) ▌B. Vento (DFL) ▌A. Stangeland (R) ▌A. Erdahl (R) ▌M. Sabo (DFL) ▌V. Weber (R)