Einar Hoidale

Einar Hoidale (August 17, 1870 – December 5, 1952) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor and elected official.

From 1890, he served as editor of the Western Guard newspaper in Madison, Minnesota.

He was elected at-large to the United States House of Representatives and served in the 73rd Congress from 1933 to 1935.

In 1930, he was barely defeated by Republican incumbent Thomas Schall, ahead of former Congressman and future senator Ernest Lundeen of the Farmer Labor Party.

[3] He died in St. Petersburg, Florida and was buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

From the photo collection of the U.S. House of Representatives