Herman Bjorn Dahle (March 30, 1855 – April 25, 1920) was a

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in the

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from

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Background

Herman Bjorn Dahle was born in the town of

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. He received his education in the district schools of his native town and in what is now the

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, where he graduated in 1877. He resided at

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from 1877 to 1888 where he conducted a general mercantile business. He was also the principal owner of the Mount Horeb bank beginning in 1890. His former home, now known as the Herman B. and Anne Marie Dahle House, is listed on the

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Political career

Dahle was elected as a

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for

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for the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903), but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1902. He resumed mercantile pursuits and banking in

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, Wisconsin, where he died in 1920. He left behind an estate worth $280,000. Dahle was buried in Mount Horeb Union Cemetery.''Dahle, Herman Bjorn 1855 - 1920'' (Wisconsin Historical Society)
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References

Other sources

* Keyes, Elisha W. ''History of Dane County. Biographical And Genealogical'' (Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association, 1906)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dahle, Herman Bjorn 1855 births 1920 deaths University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni American Lutherans People from Mount Vernon, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin American people of Norwegian descent Burials in Wisconsin People from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin