Jim Hagedorn: U.S. Representative from Minnesota
James Lee Hagedorn (August 4, 1962 – February 17, 2022) was an American Republican politician.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death.
Jim Hagedorn | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – February 17, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Tim Walz |
| Succeeded by | Brad Finstad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Lee Hagedorn August 4, 1962 Blue Earth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | February 17, 2022 (aged 59) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Carnahan |
| Relatives | Tom Hagedorn (father) |
| Education | George Mason University (BA) |
| Website | House website |
On January 7, 2021, Hagedorn voted to not approve Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election because of false claims of voter fraud.
In 2019, Hagedorn was diagnosed with stage-4 kidney cancer.
In January 2022, Hagedorn was hospitalized in Rochester, Minnesota, after testing positive for COVID-19. He died on February 17, 2022 from cancer at the age of 59.
References
This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Jim Hagedorn, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.