Charles Munn

For the editor of Scientific American, see Charles Allen Munn.
Charles Munn
37th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
January 1933 – January 1935
Preceded by Oscar A. Swenson
Succeeded by George W. Johnson
Minnesota State Representative
In office
January 1927 – January 1935
Personal details
Born (1887-03-17)March 17, 1887
Osseo, Minnesota
Died January 31, 1973(1973-01-31) (aged 85)
Political party Nonpartisan Conservative Caucus
Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus
Farmer-Labor
Residence Osseo, Minnesota
Profession Farmer

Charles Munn (March 17, 1887 in Osseo, Minnesota – January 31, 1973) was a Minnesota Farmer-Laborite politician and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, in 1926, and originally caucused with the Conservative Caucusin the then-nonpartisan body. He later joined the Liberal Caucus, and in 1933, he became the first Farmer-Laborite to be elected speaker, a position he held for two years. In 1934, he was elected to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Oscar A. Swenson
Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
1933–1935
Succeeded by
George W. Johnson


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