February
14, 1927 – Laura Johnson Naplin, Thief River Falls, took her seat in the Minnesota State Senate on this date, becoming Minnesota’s first woman state senator. Coincidently, it was also her thirty-fourth birthday. She represented Clearwater, Pennington and Red Lake Counties (District 65).
A young widow with one daughter, Johnson Naplin was elected to serve out the term of her husband, Sen. Oscar Naplin, who had suffered a stroke on Jan. 4, 1927, the day he was sworn in, and died on Jan. 15, 1927 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Naplin had previously been the state senator for District 65 during the 1919 and 1921 sessions.
Johnson Naplin was reelected to her own seat, and served as a state senator for the 1927 – 1934 sessions.
A young widow with one daughter, Johnson Naplin was elected to serve out the term of her husband, Sen. Oscar Naplin, who had suffered a stroke on Jan. 4, 1927, the day he was sworn in, and died on Jan. 15, 1927 at Miller Hospital in St. Paul, Minn. Naplin had previously been the state senator for District 65 during the 1919 and 1921 sessions.
Johnson Naplin was reelected to her own seat, and served as a state senator for the 1927 – 1934 sessions.
Omaha World Herald; “Woman State Senator. Takes Seat in Minnesota on Thirty-fourth Birthday.”; Feb. 15, 1927; p. 3.
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