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• Baldwin, Melvin Riley  b. April 12, 1838  d. April 15, 1901
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1895.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Carss, William Leighton    b. February 5, 1865  d. May 21, 1931
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1919-1921 and 1925-1929. He was defeated in 1922 as a Democrat and in 1930 as Farm-Labor.
  Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Colalillo, Michael 'Mike'   b. December 1, 1925  d. December 30, 2011
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. One of nine children born to Italian immigrants, he enlisted in the US Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on February 2, 1944. Assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, his company was pinned downed by heavy artillery, mortar, and machinegun fire in the vicinity of Untergriesheim, Germany on April 7, 1945. Colalillo used a supporting tank to run forward, inspiring his comrades to do the same. His...[Read More] (Bio by: Beth Painter)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Courtney Jr., Henry Alexius    b. January 6, 1916  d. May 15, 1945
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as a Major, Executive Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marines, 6th Marine Division in action against Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Islands. On May 14 and 15, 1945, he was ordered to hold for the night in static defense behind Sugar Loaf Hill after leading his command in a prolonged fire fight. He weighed the effect of a hostile counterattack and obtained permission to advance and seize the forward slope of the hill...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Calvary Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Larson, Oscar John  b. May 20, 1871  d. August 1, 1957
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1925. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• MacGregor, Clark    b. July 12, 1922  d. February 10, 2003
  US Congressman. Elected to the United States House of Representatives to serve the 3rd distrct of Minnesota from 1961-1971.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Miller, John   b. October 29, 1843  d. October 26, 1908
  North Dakota Governor. Served as Governor of North Dakota from 1889 to 1891. (Bio by: Lisa S)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Morris, Robert Page Walter  b. 1853  d. 1924
  US Congressman, State Court Judge. Elected to represent Minnesota's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1903. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Munger, Willard 'Mr. Environment'   b. January 20, 1911  d. July 11, 1999
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota in the Minnesota State House of Representatives, serving from 1955 to 1964 and 1967 until his death in 1999. He was defeated in 1934 and 1952. He served in the Minnesota House longer than anyone else in the state's history. (Bio by: K)
  Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
  Plot: 2nd Division of O, Lot 68, Grave 2
   
• Pittenger, William Alvin  b. 1885  d. 1951
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Minnesota's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1929-1933, 1935-1937 and 1939-1947. Also served as a Member of the Minnesota State Legislature. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Stearns, Ozora Pierson   b. January 15, 1831  d. June 2, 1896
  US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Minnesota to the United States Senate, serving in 1871.
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   
• Woolson, Albert    b. February 11, 1847  d. August 2, 1956
  Last Surviving Union Civil War Veteran. The son of a Union soldier who died of wounds received at the Battle of Shiloh, at age 17 he enlisted as a Drummer Boy in Company C, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Heavy Artillery in October 1864. The unit performed garrison frontier duty, and never saw action during the war. He was honorably discharged on September 7, 1865. When he died at age 109 in 1956, he was the last surviving Union Army veteran, outliving James Albert Hard of the 37th New York Volunteer...[Read More]
  Park Hill Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
   

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