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==Early life== Volstead was born in [[Kenyon, Minnesota|Kenyon]], [[Goodhue County, Minnesota|Goodhue County]], [[Minnesota]], to [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian-American]] parents Jon Einertson Vraalstad (John Vrolstad), a distant relative of [[Queen Sonja of Norway]],{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}} and wife Dorothea Mathea Lillo. He was educated at [[St. Olaf College]], became a lawyer and served as mayor of [[Granite Falls, Minnesota]], from 1900 to 1902. According to his obituary in a 1947 edition of the ''[[Minneapolis Star]]'', he first practiced law in [[Grantsburg, Wisconsin]], before moving to Granite Falls in 1886.
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