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{{Short description|American politician (1877–1953)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Conrad Selvig
| image         = ConradSelvig.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| state         = [[Minnesota]]
| district      = [[Minnesota's 9th congressional district|9th]]
| term_start    = March 4, 1927
| term_end      = March 3, 1933
| predecessor   = [[Knud Wefald]]
| successor     = ''District inactive''
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1877|10|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Rushford, Minnesota]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1953|8|2|1877|10|11}}
| death_place   = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| resting_place = Oakdale Cemetery, [[Crookston, Minnesota]], U.S.
| party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}
'''Conrad George Selvig''' (October 11, 1877 – August 2, 1953) was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00573.xml
|title=   	Selvig, Conrad George, 1877-1953.
|publisher=  Minnesota Historical Society
|access-date= January 10, 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Conrad George Selvig was born in [[Rushford, Minnesota]].  He was the son of Gunder C Selvig (1842–1935) and  Guri Maria Hagnestad Selvig (1845–1882), immigrants from [[Stavanger, Norway]]. His father worked for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad. Conrad Selvig fought in the [[Spanish–American War]] as a member of the 12th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He graduated from Rushford High School (1895) and the [[University of Minnesota]] (1908). He worked as an educator and educational administrator for various school districts in [[Fillmore County, Minnesota]] and [[Crookston, Minnesota]] during his lifetime. In 1910, Selvig was appointed as [[Superintendent (education)|Superintendent]] of the [[University of Minnesota Crookston|Northwest School of Agriculture]] in Crookston, Minnesota where he served for 17 years. He also served as president of the  Minnesota Education Association (1908–1909) and the Northwestern Minnesota Education Association (1921–1922).{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

Selvig was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 9th congressional district. He served in the [[70th United States Congress|70th]], [[71st United States Congress|71st]], and [[72nd United States Congress|72nd congresses]], March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933. He died in 1953 in [[Los Angeles, California]] and was interred in Oakdale Cemetery in Crookston, Minnesota.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}

==References==
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==Other sources==
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==Further reading==
* Selvig, Conrad G. (1951) ''Tale of Two Valleys: An Autobiography'' (Los Angeles, CA: Grover Jones Press)

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{Find a Grave|6922763}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100712233842/http://www3.crk.umn.edu/alumni/nwsa/ Northwest School of Agriculture]

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| district=9
| before=[[Knud Wefald]]
| after=At large on a General ticket: <br> [[Henry M. Arens]], [[Ray P. Chase]], [[Theodore Christianson]], [[Einar Hoidale]], [[Magnus Johnson]], [[Harold Knutson]], [[Paul John Kvale]], [[Ernest Lundeen]], [[Francis Shoemaker]]|
| years= March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933}}
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