EDWARD R. BRANDT:

Edward R. Brandt was born November 17, 1931 in Satanta, Kansas and grew up in Manitoba, Canada. He married Marie Schmidtke in 1953. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota in 1954, a master's degree at George Washington University, and a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota in 1970. In 1958 Brandt began a ten year career as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Information Agency, and was stationed in Dacca (then East Pakistan) and in Germany. He returned to Minnesota in the 1960s, became involved in local politics, and was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1968 from the 41st District. He was re-elected in 1970, but declined to run in 1972. Brandt was a founder of the Association of Non-Smokers Rights, and had a twenty year career teaching political science at the University of St. Thomas. He died January 17, 2013.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Edward R. Brandt Legislative Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,868

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, June 2014

Catalog ID number: 990078993640104294

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Legislators -- Minnesota.

Organizations:

Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives.

Places:

Minnesota -- Politics and government.

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