Charles Halsted
Charles Lafayette "Chas" Halsted was a Minnesota politician. Halsted was a member of the Minnesota [House of Representatives] for more than 20 years. He was a candidate for governor of Minnesota in 1948.
Charles Halsted was born in Ellendale, North Dakota. he attended the North [Dakota State Normal and Industrial School] at Ellendale, graduating in 1914. He moved to Brainerd, Minnesota in 1929 and opened Halsted's Grocery Store. Halsted served as town clerk in Brainerd in addition to his work as a grocer. He was first elected to the legislature in 1937, representing Brainerd. He served in the legislature until 1947. In 1948, he unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Republican Party|Republican] governor Luther Youngdahl as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in Minnesota's Minnesota [gubernatorial election, 1948|1948 gubernatorial election].
In 1953, Halsted returned to the Minnesota House of Representatives, where he served until 1967.