Records of Governor William R. Merriam, 1888-1901 (bulk 1888-1893).

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Records of Governor William R. Merriam, 1888-1901 (bulk 1888-1893).

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Assorted files on public policy matters, including materials relating to grasshopper relief, applications for and appointments to office, and grain inspection. Some materials date from the administrations of Knute Nelson, David M. Clough, and John Lind.

Minnesota Historical Society

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Lind, John, 1854-1930

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John Lind was born in 1854 in Sweden and emigrated to Minnesota in 1868. From a career as a lawyer he went on to become the first Swedish-born American elected to the United States House of Representatives. In 1898 he was elected governor of Minnesota on the Democratic-Populist ticket. In 1913 he was appointed as Woodrow Wilson's personal representative to Mexico, where he served until 1914. Following his return he resumed his law practice and was a supporter of Wilson's foreign policy and later...

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 ...

Merriam, William Rush, 1849-1931

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Minnesota. Governor (1895-1899 : Clough)

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Clough, David M., 1846-1924

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Minnesota. Governor (1899-1901 : Lind)

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Minnesota. Governor (1893-1895 : Nelson)

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