Records of Governor John Lind, 1899-1904 (bulk 1899-1901).

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Records of Governor John Lind, 1899-1904 (bulk 1899-1901).

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Includes general correspondence and materials relating to pardons. Some materials date from the Samuel R. Van Sant administration.

Minnesota Historical Society

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Minnesota. Governor (1899-1901 : Lind)

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Minnesota. Governor (1901-1905 : Van Sant)

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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...

Van Sant, Samuel Rinnah, 1844-1936

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