Tennessen, Robert J., 1931-.

Dates:
Birth 1931

Biographical notes:

Robert Tennessen was born August 24, 1939 in Lismore, Minnesota. After serving in the U.S. Air Force (1957-1961), he attended the University of Minnesota, graduating with a B.A. (economics, 1965) and a law degree (1968). He was elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 1970 as a Democratic-Farmer-Labor senator from Minneapolis district 56. Tennessen served on the Commerce (chair), Finance, Judiciary, and Rules and Administration committees, and chaired the Judiciary subcommittee on Privacy Rights of Individuals, for which work he was best known. Tennessen retired from the legislature at the end of the 1982 legislative session.

From the guide to the Robert J. Tennessen papers., 1969-1997., (Minnesota Historical Society)

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  • Education
  • Bank failure
  • Bank failures
  • Banks and banking
  • Banks and banking
  • Business enterprises
  • Business enterprises
  • Catholic Church
  • Catholic church buildings
  • Catholic institutions
  • Catholic institutions
  • Church buildings
  • Church maintenance and repair
  • Church maintenance and repair
  • Disarmament
  • Economic history
  • Educational law and legislation
  • Learning disabilities
  • Learning disabilities
  • Learning disabled children
  • Learning disabled children
  • Nuclear arms control
  • Nuclear arms control
  • Politicians
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  • Privacy
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  • Private schools
  • Savings banks
  • Savings banks

Occupations:

  • Lawyers
  • Legislators
  • Private school trustees

Places:

  • Minnesota--Stillwater (as recorded)
  • Minneapolis (Minn.). (as recorded)
  • Stillwater (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Minnesota--Minneapolis (as recorded)
  • Minneapolis (Minn.) (as recorded)
  • Minnesota (as recorded)
  • Stillwater (Minn.). (as recorded)