Stanley N. Thorup (September 19, 1929 – September 10, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician. Thorup was born in Leal,

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. He went to Marshall High School in

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and served in the

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. Thorup graduated from

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and received his law degree from William Mitchell College of Law. He served as a law clerk for the Minnesota Supreme Court. Thorup lived in

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with his wife and family and practiced law in Blaine, Minnesota. Thorup served in the Minnesota Senate from 1971 to 1974 and was a

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. He served as a Minnesota Municipal Court Judge for Blaine and Spring Lake Park, Minnesota from 1962 to 1969 and as the

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District Court Judge from 1974 to 1997. Thorup died from a heart attack at his cabin on Lake Margaret in

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