Otto T. Bang Explained

Otto T. Bang
State Senate:Minnesota
District:39th
Term Start:January 2, 1973
Term End:January 4, 1983
Preceded:Edward J. Gearty
Succeeded:Conrado Vega
Birth Name:Otto Theodore Bang Jr.
Birth Date:15 September 1931
Birth Place:Madelia, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Mary
Education:University of Minnesota (BA)

Otto Theodore Bang Jr. (September 15, 1931  - December 29, 2008) was an American businessman and politician.

Bang was born in Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota. He graduated from Mayville High School in Mayville, North Dakota and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. Bang lived in Edina, Minnesota with his wife and family and was involved in the insurance business. Bang served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1963 to 1973 and in the Minnesota Senate from 1973 to 1983. He was a Republican. Bang died on December 29, 2008, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota after suffering a head injury in an automobile accident in Hopkins, Minnesota on December 21, 2008.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10028 Minnesota Legislators Past & Present-Otto T. Bang, Jr.
  2. https://www.startribune.com/otto-bang-dies-at-77-was-go-to-state-legislator-for-20-years/37245934/?refresh=true Otto Bang dies at 77; was go to legislator for 20 years