Bio of ERICKSON, Alando P. (b.1866), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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AL. P. ERICKSON (Alando P. Erickson) - Vol II, pg 354-357
Al. P. Erickson is widely and favorably known in Minneapolis, having resided in
this city for a period of forty-eight years, and since 1910 he has served as
county auditor of Hennepin county, his long retention in this office being
indisputable proof of his capability and integrity and his popularity as a man.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 1866, and his parents were Peter
and Anna J. (Helgesen) Erick­son, both natives of Norway. The father emigrated
to the United States in 1848, while the mother arrived in this country in the
following year, and their marriage occurred in Chicago. The family moved to
Minneapolis in 1874.
In the grammar schools of this city and the old Central high school Al. P.
Erickson obtained his education and after laying aside his textbooks he worked
in various capacities until 1893, when he became a clerk in the county auditor's
office, with which he has since been identified, covering a period of nearly
thirty years. In 1910 he was elected county auditor and successive reelections
have continued him in the position to the present time-a record of unbroken
service which has not been equalled by any other incumbent of the office in this
district. He has carefully systematized the work of the office so that maximum
results are obtained at a minimum expenditure of time and labor, and
thoroughness and accuracy have ever characterized his efforts.
On the 20th of June, 1893, Mr. Erickson was united in marriage to Miss Edith M.
Swidburg of Minneapolis, and they have become the parents of two children,
Harold A. and E. Olive. In June. 1916, the son enlisted in the United States
army for service on the Mexican bonier and later he was sent to the Officers
Training Camp at Fort Snelling, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant. He
was assigned to the Three Hundred and Forty-ninth Infantry at Camp Dodge and
went overseas with the Eighty-eighth Division. He remained abroad for ten months
and was at the front at the time the armistice was signed. The daughter was
active in work for the Red Cross and she was also identified with the Girl
Scouts of Minneapolis, doing all in her power to further the cause of the
allies.
Mr. Erickson gives his political support to the republican party and is an
active worker in its ranks but has never been an office seeker in the commonly
accepted sense of the term. He is a loyal, public-spirited citizen, deeply
interested in the welfare of city, state and nation, and during the World war
worked earnestly to promote the success of the various measures promulgated by
the government. He is a member of the Lake Harriet Commercial Club, of which he
has served as president, and is also connected with the Royal Arcanum, the
Masonic fraternity, the Elks lodge and the Minneapolis Athletic Club. He has
always been faithful to every trust reposed in him and has done effective
service for the public good. That his life has been an exemplary one in all
respects is shown in the fact that those who have known him from boyhood to the
present time entertain for him unqualified respect and esteem.