Samuel Albert Rask (April 15, 1874 – October 3, 1959) was an American businessman and politician. Rask was born on a farm in

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. He served as a corporal, in the Minnesota Voluntary Infantry, 13th Regiment, Company F in the

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during the

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. Rask moved to

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, in 1899, with his wife and family. He was involved in the banking business and was the president of the 1st National Bank of Blooming Prairie. Rask served in the

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from 1917 to 1922. He died in

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and was buried in the

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1874 births 1959 deaths People from Blooming Prairie, Minnesota People from Caledonia, Minnesota Minnesota National Guard personnel Businesspeople from Minnesota Minnesota state senators 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNSenate-stub