Loren Fletcher

Infobox Congressman
name = Loren Fletcher

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state = Minnesota
district = 5th
date of birth = April 10, 1833
place of birth = Mount Vernon, Maine, USA
date of death = April 15, 1919
place of death = Atlanta, Georgia
party = Republican
term = 1893 – 1903, 1905 – 1907
preceded = Kittel Halvorson, John Lind
succeeded = John Lind, Frank Nye
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spouse =

Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine; he attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine; moved to Bangor in 1853; was a stonecutter, clerk in a store, and an employee of a lumber company; moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1856 and engaged in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits, largely in the manufacture of lumber and flour; member of the board of directors of the First National Bank upon its establishment in 1864; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1872 – 1886 and served as speaker from 1880 to 1886; elected as a Republican to the 53rd, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903); chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (57th congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the 58th congress; elected to the 59th congress, (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907); declined to be a candidate for reelection; retired from active business; died in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15, 1919; interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

References

* [http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12839 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present]