1904 City Directory. Laborer Alexander Beck was born in Finland in 1862 and moved to St. Paul with his Swedish born wife, Hannah, in 1901

Most of the workers who constructed the Minnesota Capitol belonged to unions. However, it is not clear whether St. Paul laborers were organized during the period when the Capitol was built nor how many laborers or which jobs were represented by a union between 1896 and 1907. So this worker's union status is currently unknown.