Congratulations to our cousin, Ramsey County (Minnesota) Commissioner Jim McDonough, on being elected last week to Chair of the Board of Commissioners. Jim has represented District 6 (Saint Paul neighborhoods of Upper East Side, Payne-Phalen and Conway-Battle Creek) since 2000. This is the third time he has been elected to serve as Chair.
Jim is the husband of Carol McDonough, son-in-law of Alvin “Swede” Schmidt, grandson-in-law of Fred Schmidt, great-grandson-in-law of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat-grandson-in-law of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat-grandson-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Schmidt.