Ernest Werner Lennart was born in Sweden in 1893, emigrated to the United States in 1913, and served in the Army during World War I. He attended college upon his return from service and was married in 1920. The Lennart family eventually moved to the Pacific Northwest and settled in Everson, Washington, where Ernest worked in farming, cold storage, and the feed business.
Lennart was a member of the Freemasons, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Grange and Farm Bureau. He also served on the Mt. Baker Union School District board, chaired the Whatcom County Republican Central Committee, was Commissioner of the Whatcom County Public Utility District, and represented the 41st District in Whatcom County as a representative and senator between 1941 and 1967.
From the guide to the Ernest Werner Lennart papers, 1941-1968, (Western Washington University Heritage Resources)
