Albert F. Pratt was a Minnesota

Minnesota

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 lawyer and politician.

Pratt was born on a farm in 1972 in Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is bordered by the counties of Isanti on the north, Chisago and Washington on the east, Hennepin and Ramsey on the south, Sherburne on the west, and the Mississippi River on the southwest.As of 2010, Anoka...

, where he was raided. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School

University of Minnesota Law School

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 in 1895. Pratt served with the 14th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry as a first lieutenant

First Lieutenant

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 in the Spanish–American War and was a major

Major (United States)

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 in the Minnesota National Guard, 3rd Infantry for 28 years. Pratt served as county attorney

County attorney

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 for Anoka County from 1899 to 1914.

Pratt served in the Minnesota House of Representatives

Minnesota House of Representatives

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  from January 5, 1915, to January 6, 1919. In 1914, he was elected in a nonpartisan election to the 39th Legislative Session from District 44, which included Anoka and Isanti

Isanti County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2010, there were 37,816 people, 14,331 households, and 8,415 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 12,062 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...

 counties. He served as chair of the committee on State Hospitals. Elected in 1916 to the 40th Legislative Session, he served as chair of the Judiciary committee.

Pratt served as Minnesota Attorney General from December 21, 1927 to January 28, 1928. He died in Anoka County.

External links

• Profile from the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library