[2] He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and started a legal partnership, Dahl & Gannon, at Rice Lake, Wisconsin.

[1] He was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention and was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly that Fall.

[3] His most notable achievement in the Legislature was passing additional funding for public schools.

[4] In order to avoid prosecution, Dahl signed a note pledging to repay the funds.

The money had not been repaid by the time Haugsboe died, and the administrator of his estate sued to collect.