Leonard E. Lindquist (September 5, 1912 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician. Lindquist was born in

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. Lindquist received his law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School and practiced law in Minneapolis, where he co-founded the firm later known as Lindquist & Vennum in 1946. He lived in Minneapolis with his wife and family. Lindquist served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1955 to 1958 and was a Republican. He died at Northwestern Hospital Hospital, in Minneapolis, from complications from a fall. His funeral and burial was in Minneapolis.'Lind Lindquist 1912-2004 He guided his law firm as a "spiritual father," Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), Trudi Hahn, September 11, 2004, pg. B1, B10

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