Jacob Thorkelson

Jacob Thorkelson was an American politician from the state of Montana who served as the United States Congressman from Montanas 1st congressional district from January 3, 1939, to January 3, 1941.

Thorkelson was born in Egersund, a coastal town in the county of Rogaland, Norway. Thorkelson immigrated to the United States in 1892 and worked as a navigator. He was a physician who graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1911, and served as a member of the faculty from 1911 until 1913. He served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1936 until 1939 with the rank of lieutenant commander.

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