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Schaller, Albert

lawyer, legislator, was born May 20, 1856, in Chicago, Ill. He received a thorough education in St.

Vincent's college of Cape Girardeau, Mo.; in France; and at the St. Louis Law school. During 1880-91 he was county attorney of Duluth county, Minn.; during 1891-96 was city attorney of Hastings, Minn.; and also in 1895-96 was city attorney of South St. Paul. During 1895- 98 he served with distinction as a state senator in the Minnesota legislature, and took an active part in the deliberations of that body. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the northwest, and has a large practice in Hastings, Minn.

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