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Lindbergh was born in Stockholm , Sweden . He was brought to the United States by his parents while an infant. He studied Law at the University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor , graduating in 1883 and being admitted to the bar the same year. He served as prosecuting attorney for Morrison County, Minnesota from 1891 through 1893. He was elected to congress as a Republican Party candidate. In 1916 he unsuccessfully campaigned for a seat in the United States Senate . At the time of his death, Lindbergh was a candidate for the Senate of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party , and is regarded to have been a principal founder of that party.

Charles August Lindbergh died in Crookston, Minnesota . His ashes are interned in the columbarium at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.