Ernest Lundeen

Ernest Lundeen
Lundeen in April 1940
United States Senator
from Minnesota
In office
January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940
Preceded byGuy V. Howard
Succeeded byJoseph H. Ball
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byGeneral Ticket Adopted
Succeeded byHenry Teigan
ConstituencyGeneral Ticket seat 8
(1933-1935)
3rd district
(1935-1937)
In office
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Preceded byGeorge Ross Smith
Succeeded byWalter Newton
Constituency5th district
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
from the 42nd district
In office
January 3, 1911 – January 4, 1915
Preceded byWilliam Campbell and John Godspeed
Succeeded byJohn Sanborn Jr. and George Sudheimer
Personal details
Born(1878-08-04)August 4, 1878
Beresford, Dakota Territory, U.S.
DiedAugust 31, 1940(1940-08-31) (aged 62)
Lovettsville, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of deathPlane crash
Political partyRepublican (?-1925)
Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party (1925-1940)
SpouseNorma Lundeen
Alma materCarleton College
University of Minnesota Law School
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
UnitCompany B-12th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment
Battles/warsSpanish–American War

Ernest Lundeen (August 4, 1878 – August 31, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919 and 1933 to 1937 and the United States Senate from 1937 until his death in 1940. He was a member of the Republican Party before joining the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party, and he opposed American involvement in World War I and World War II. He was also affiliated with the Nazi Party of Germany.

A veteran of the Spanish–American War, he got his beginning in politics when he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 42nd district, between 1911 and 1914. Originally elected as a Republican, he represented Minnesota's 5th congressional district for a single term between 1917 and 1919, and lost renomination in 1918 due to his opposition to American entry into World War I. He was killed in a plane crash near Lovettsville, Virginia, on the afternoon of August 31, 1940, along with 24 others. At the time of his death, he was the subject of a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation due to his ties to Nazi Germany.