Christgau, Victor A., 1894-

Victor Laurence August Christgau was born on September 20, 1894, in Dexter Township (Mower County), Minnesota, to Frederick and Adeline Vanselow Christgau. He graduated from the University of Minnesota's School of Agriculture in 1917, and then served eleven months (1917-1918) with the U.S. Army's 33rd Engineer Corps in France during World War I. Following the war Christgau returned to the University of Minnesota and graduated from the College of Agriculture in 1923. He remained at the University two more years studying business and economics in the Graduate School. During his university years Christgau toured in dramatic debates, many temperance or agriculture related, throughout Minnesota and South Dakota.

In 1924 Christgau, as a Farmer-Labor candidate, campaigned for the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's First District, but was defeated in the primaries. He returned to the University and, eventually, to the family farm to help his brother Edgar.

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