Felix C. "F.C." Kaplan (May 17, 1897 in

Owatonna, Minnesota Owatonna () is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 25,599 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair i ...

– July 5, 1989) was an American politician and businessman. He was the son of Josef Karel Kaplan, an early Minnesota pioneer. Kaplan attended Owatonna High School, then went to the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

and received his bachelor's degree in agricultural education and chemistry. He joined the

Aitkin High School Aitkin High School (AHS) is a public high school in Aitkin, Minnesota, United States. The school serves students in grades 7– 12. The school enrolls approximately 600 students per year, with 400 students in the high school and 200 attendin ...

faculty and taught agriculture and general science, and was named "Teacher of the Year" in 1963. He married Hazel Oerke in 1930. She was a graduate of

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and was an English teacher and the principal of

Hinckley, Minnesota Hinckley is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 48. The population was 1,800 at the 2010 census. Hinckley's name in the Ojibwe language is ''Gaa-zhiigwanaabikoka ...

, High School. Kaplan was in the

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from 1949 to 1954 and lived in

Aitkin County, Minnesota Aitkin County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 15,697. Its county seat is Aitkin, Minnesota, Aitkin. Part of the Mille Lacs Indian Reserv ...

.Minnesota Legislators Past and Present - Felix Kaplan
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