Roger Laufenburger

Roger A. Laufenburger (September 5, 1921 – September 20, 2001) was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate who represented the old District 2 and, after the 1972 redistricting, District 34, which included portions of Olmsted, Wabash and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state.

[3] When Laufenburger was first elected, the Minnesota Legislature was officially non-partisan, divided into the Liberal and Conservative caucuses.

He was a member of the Agriculture, Civil Administration, Commerce and Insurance, Game and Fish, General Legislation, Labor Relations, Military Affairs and Civil Defense, Municipal Affairs, Public Highways, Rules and Administration, and Taxes and Tax Laws committees.

[1] An early advocate for rural highways in Minnesota,[4] his special legislative concerns included transportation, business, agriculture, and labor-employment.

[1] From the town of Lewiston in Winona County, Laufenburger was active in the community before and after his time in the Senate.