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Odin Langen
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen (January 5, 1913 – July 6, 1976) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 5, 1913; attended the public schools; attended Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1933 and 1934; engaged in farming in Kittson County, near Kennedy, Minnesota; associated with Production Marketing Administration in Kittson County, Minnesota, 1935 – 1950; member of Kennedy (Minnesota) School Board, serving as president, 1948 – 1950, South Red River Town Board 1947 – 1950, and the Minnesota House of Representatives 1950 – 1958, serving as Republican leader in 1957 and 1958; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; Administrator of the Packers and Stockyards Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture from January 1971 to April 1972, when he resigned; resumed farming pursuits in Kenn
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