He immigrated with his parents and sister when he was a child to the United States and settled in Chicago, Illinois, in 1880.In 1908 Lundin was elected as a Republican Congressman to the 61st United States Congress from Illinois' 7th congressional district in Near North Side, Chicago.He resumed manufacturing interests and became involved as a Republican party ward boss in Chicago.Lundin was instrumental in the election of William Hale Thompson as mayor in 1915 and succeeded in getting Thompson to appoint over 30,000 supporters to the city payroll in a form of political graft as all were required to kick back part of their pay to Lundin's organization.This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress