Ernest Lundeen

Ernest Lundeen
Lundeen in April 1940
United States Senator from Minnesota
In office January 3, 1937 – August 31, 1940
Preceded by	Guy V. Howard
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Ball
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota
In office March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by	General Ticket Adopted
Succeeded by	Henry Teigan
Constituency	General Ticket seat 8 (1933-1935) 3rd district (1935-1937)
In office March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Preceded by	George Ross Smith
Succeeded by	Walter Newton
Constituency	5th district
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 42nd district
In office January 3, 1911 – January 4, 1915
Preceded by	William Campbell and John Godspeed
Succeeded by	John Sanborn Jr. and George Sudheimer
Personal details
Born	(1878-08-04)August 4, 1878 Beresford, Dakota Territory, U.S.
Died	August 31, 1940(1940-08-31) (aged 62) Lovettsville, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death	Plane crash
Political party	Republican Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party
Spouse	Norma Lundeen
Alma mater	Carleton College University of Minnesota Law School
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Unit	Company B-12th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment
Battles/wars	Spanish–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 he would go on to lose 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.