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Ernest Lundeen

Ernest Lundeen (August 4, 1878 - August 31, 1940) was an American politican. Lundeen was born in Beresford, South Dakota and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. He served as a Republican from Minnesota in the US House of Representatives, from March 4, 1917 to March 3, 1919. He served as a Farmer-Labor Party member in the House from March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1937. He was elected to the US Senate in 1936 as a member of the Farmer-Labor Party. He served from January 3, 1937 until his death in an airplane crash.