James Manahan and family papers. 1880-1937.

Rankin, Jeannette, 1880-1973

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940. Rankin graduated from the University of Montana in 1902. She subsequently attended the New York School of Philanthropy (later the New York, then the Columbia, School of Social Work) before embarking on a care...

La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925

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Robert Marion La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855 – June 18, 1925), colloquially known as Fighting Bob, was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his career, he ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in the 1924 presidential election. Historian John D. Buenker describes La Follette as "the most celebrated figure in Wisconsin history." Born...

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Just before his death, he gained national attention for attacking the te...

Manahan, Kathryn, 1896-1987.

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Manahan family.

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Lemke, William, 1878-1950

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U.S. Representative from North Dakota, 1933-1950; North Dakota Attorney General, 1921. From the description of Papers, 1942-1953. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 18430444 U.S. Congressman (1933-1940, 1943-1950), North Dakota, active in Nonpartisan League and Republican Party. William F. Lemke was born in Albany, Stearns County, Minnesota on August 13, 1878, moved to North Dakota in 1881, settling in Town...

Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933

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After a long career with the San Francisco Police Dept., Thomas P. Walsh was named Chief of Police, but only served "a day or so" before his death on May 1, 1933. Walsh was assigned to Mayor James Rolph's office in City Hall, and later served under Rolph at the Governor's Office in the State Building in San Francisco. From the description of Thomas P. Walsh diaries, 1892-1933 (bulk 1923-1933). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48928816 U.S. senators f...

Butler, Pierce, 1866-1939

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Pierce Butler practiced law in Minnesota from 1897 on, and served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1923-1939. From the description of Letter to Eldon James, 1926. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338623 ...

Loftus, George Sperry, 1873-1916

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Clapp, Moses E. (Moses Edwin), 1851-1929

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Minnesota. Legislature. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Value and Cost of Operation of Railroads in Minnesota.

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Fitzgerald, Mary (Harpist)

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Epithet: widow of Robert, 19th Earl of Kildare British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001161.0x00039a ...

Lane, Franklin K.

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Lane, 1864-1921, born in Canada and lived in California where he practiced law in San Francisco; he was United States Secretary of the Interior from 1913-1920. From the description of Proclamation with portrait of Theodore Roosevelt : broadside. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863398 In 1917, Brown became Special Assistant to Secretary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, and worked with him until November 1918, when he enlisted in the Army. After the war, Brown...

Foley, Daniel F., 1851-1939.

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Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota

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These registers were kept under the RRWC's regulatory responsibilities for stockyard rates (1919-1922; see Laws 1919 c461) and for licensing of livestock buyers (1935-1967; see Laws 1935 c216). In 1967 the RRWC was replaced by the Public Service Department (Laws 1967 c864), and in 1974 the livestock regulatory functions were transferred to the Department of Agriculture (Laws 1974 c347). The 1962-1975 RRWC register book was apparently transferred to and used by these successor agencies. ...

National Nonpartisan League

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The Farmers' Nonpartisan Political League was organized in North Dakota in 1915 by Arthur C. Townley and other North Dakota Socialist Party members. Members sought to bring about reforms in farming-related business and governmental practices through non-partisan political activity. In 1917 the organizaation's name was changed to the National Nonpartisan Political League, and by 1921 branches were established in an additional fifteen midwestern and northwestern states. While the League was most s...

Haines, Lynn, 1876-1929

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O'Brien, Christopher Dillon, 1848-1922.

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Fitzgerald, John, d. 1884

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Hastings Malting Company

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Pattee, William Sullivan, 1846-1911

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Nolan, W. I. (William Ignatius), 1874-1943

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Minnesota Progressive Republican League.

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Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company

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In 1912, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway announced its decision to operate on hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power or electrification was a highly cost-efficient power source and companies throughout the U.S. converted their steam-powered engines to it. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway began its electrification project on the 113-mile stretch between Three Forks and Deer Lodge, Montana. The General Electric Company submitted a proposal to design the locomotives, as wel...

Bryan, Charles W., 1867-1945

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Pullman Company

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York County, Pa., plant, which produced automobiles, also known as Pullman Motor Car Company. From the description of Records, 1903-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974944 Manufacturer of railroad sleeping and passenger cars founded by George M. Pullman; incorporated in 1867 as Pullman's Palace Car Company; name changed to Pullman Company in 1899; Pullman Incorporated formed 1927 with Pullman Company and Pullman Car & Manufacturing Corp., becoming its principal sub...

Manahan, James, 1866-1932

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James Manahan was born March 12, 1866 on a farm near Chatfield, Minnesota, the son of Joseph and Catherine McCarthy Manahan. He received his education at a country school taught by his older brother, Christopher, and at the Winona Normal School. After his graduation in 1886, he taught school at Graceville, Minnesota for a short time, began studying law at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and then entered the newly-organized law department at the University of Minnesota. In 18...

Farmers Union Terminal Association (Minn.)

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Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923

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Knute Nelson was born in Vosse Elven, Norway, on February 2, 1843. In 1849 he and his widowed mother emigrated to the United States, settling first in Chicago (1849-1850), then in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment (1861-1864) during the Civil War. Following the war he was graduated from the Albion Academy and studied law in a Madison, Wisconsin, law office, being admitted to the bar in 1867 and then serving as a representative in the ...

O'Brien, Thomas Dillon, 1859-1935

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