Oluf A. Saugestad (January 19, 1840 - December 17, 1926) was a member of the

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Biography

Saugestad was born in

Beitstad Beitstad () is a village in Steinkjer Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Beitstadsundet strait at the end of the Beitstadfjorden at the inner end of the Trondheimsfjord, about southwest of the village o ...

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

, Norway. In 1864, he graduated from the Veterinary College in

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. On June 29, 1870, he married Karen E. Gravorok. They later had a daughter. Saugestad settled in the village of

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during 1872. He initially followed the profession of veterinary surgeon. He also served as vice president of the Bank of Baldwin. He died at the age of 88 in Melrude, St. Louis County, Minnesota.

Political career

Saugestad was elected a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1882. He was an Independent Republican. Other public positions he held include Town Treasurer of Baldwin from 1876 to 1882 and Sheriff of

from 1893 to 1894.

References

External links

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Wisconsin Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saugestad, Oluf Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Norwegian emigrants to the United States People from Steinkjer People from Baldwin, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly City and town treasurers in the United States Wisconsin sheriffs American Lutherans 1840 births 1926 deaths 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature