Ernest Lundeen (
August 4,
1878 -
August 31,
1940)was an
American politican. Lundeen was born in
Beresford, South Dakota and served during the
Spanish-American War. He served as a
Republican from
Minnesota in the
US House of Representatives, from
March 4,
1917 to
March 3,
1919. He served as Farmer-Labor party member in the House from
March 4,
1933 to
January 3,
1937. He was elected to the
US Senate in
1936 as a member of the
Farmer-Labor Party. He served from
January 3,
1937 until his death in an airplane crash on
August 31,
1940.