Kempfer, Hannah Jensen (1880–1943)
Kempfer, Hannah Jensen (1880–1943)
American state legislator. Name variations: Johannah Jensen. Born Dec 22, 1880, on the North Sea; died Sept 27, 1943, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota; dau. of an unknown sailor and a ship stewardess; left at a foundlings' home in Norway and adopted by Ole Jensen (ship's boilermaker) and Martha Jensen; m. Charles Taylor Kempfer (farmer), May 20, 1903.
Elected to Minnesota State House of Representatives (1922); maintained seat in house (to 1941), except for 1 mid-tenure defeat (1930); assumed chair of Game and Fish Committee, and tackled many measures pertaining to conservation; also backed a bill to improve status of illegitimate children.
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