Background
Olson, Julius Johann was born on February 22, 1875 in Dona, Norway. Son of Carl and Marie Antonette (Beck) Olson.
Olson, Julius Johann was born on February 22, 1875 in Dona, Norway. Son of Carl and Marie Antonette (Beck) Olson.
He graduated from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota High School in 1897 and from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1900.
He emigrated to Lake Park, Minnesota at age eight. He practiced law in Warren, Minnesota with Andrew Grindeland, who was appointed a district court judge in 1903. In 1916, he served as a delegate from Minnesota to Democratic National Convention.
Upon Grindeland"s retirement in 1930, Governor Theodore Christianson appointed Olson to replace him.
Olson was elected to the post in 1930. On March 5, 1934, Governor Floyd B. Olson appointed Olson to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
He was elected to the position later that year and re-elected in 1940 and 1946. In 1948, Olson retired from the court and was replaced by Knutson.
A third child, Julius Johan Olson, died at age four.
Both and Caroline Sletten Olson died in Marshall County, Minnesota and were buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Warren, Minnesota.
Member American and Minnesota State bar assns Lutheran.
Married Caroline Louise Sletten, July 14, 1909. Children: Sletten Carl, Katherine Marie.