Viewing Politics Category (11) found:Elmer E. Adams: "The Washburn-Nelson Senatorial Campaign of 1894-1895." (1924).In the fall of 1894, Governor Knute Nelson was easily re-elected to a second term. During the campaign, there were rumors that he would run for U. S. Senator, a post held by William Washburn, a fellow Republican who was seeking re-election, but he deflected them, and assured Washburn that he was no... George F. Hoar: "Cushman Kellogg Davis." (1903)Cushman K. Davis served as U. S. Senator from Minnesota from 1887 to November 27, 1900, when he died in St. Paul.
Frank Kellogg and the Origins of the Roosevelt-Taft Break (1912).The break between former President Theodore Roosevelt and President William Howard Taft is the most famous in American political history. Roosevelt's disillusionment with his successor festered for years, finally erupting in 1912 when he unsuccessfully challenged Taft for the nomination of the Repu... Jason Taylor Fitzgerald: "The Writ of Quo Warranto in Minnesota's Legal and Political History." (2015).The ancient and extraordinary writ of quo warranto has been an integral legal device in the development of Anglo-American society. The writ has also been a critical component in Minnesota, particularly in the geopolitical development of the state. Quo warranto has traditionally possessed a civic qua... Elmer E. Adams: "Incidents in the Life of Knute Nelson." (1923).On April 28, 1923, Senator Knute Nelson died. He had served one term in the Minnesota Senate, three terms in the U. S. Congress, one full term as Governor and about three weeks of a second term, and twenty-eight years as U. S. Senator. Two days later, the Fergus Falls Daily Journal carried Nelson... Memorial Services for Cushman Kellogg Davis before the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Minnesota Legislature. (1901).On November 27, 1900, Senator Cushman Kellogg Davis died in St. Paul at age sixty-two. He was governor of the state from 1875 to 1877. He was elected U. S. Senator by the state legislature in 1887 and re-elected in 1893 and 1899. At the time of his death, he was at the height of his political infl... Grace Anne Wright: "William Windom (1827-1890): His Public Services."William Windom, a Winona lawyer, served almost continuously in the federal government from March 1859 to his death on January 29, 1891. He was U. S. Representative from Minnesota from 1859 to 1869; U. S. Senator from 1871 to 1881; Secretary of the Treasury under President Garfield from March 1881 t... "Memorial Tributes to the Character and Public Services of William Windom" (1891).William Windom, a Winona lawyer, served as U. S. Representative from Minnesota from 1859 to 1869; U. S. Senator from 1871 to 1881; Secretary of the Treasury under President Garfield from March 1881 to November 1881; U. S. Senator from 1881 to 1883; and Secretary of the Treasury under President Harr... Henry A. Castle: "Reminiscences of Minnesota Politics" (1915).Henry Anson Castle moved to Minnesota in 1866 to recuperate from injuries sustained in the Civil War. For the next four decades, he practiced law in St. Paul, engaged in various businesses and real estate development, owned and edited newspapers, served in the state legislature and was a hard-worki... Charles D. Gilfillan, "The Early Political History of Minnesota." (1898).Charles Duncan Gilfillan practiced law in St. Paul with his older brother James Gilfillan, the future Chief Justice, from 1857 to 1863, when he went into business. For the next thirty years, he was a successful banker, real estate developer and entrepreneur in St. Paul.
Eugene V. Smalley, "A History of the Republican Party from its Organization to the Present Time, to Which is Added A Political History of Minnesota From a Republican Point of View and Biographical Sketches of Leading Minnesota Republicans" (1896).In 1896 journalist Eugene Virgil Smalley (1841-1899) published a history of the Republican Party. Part II, covering pages 141-420, is a history of the party in Minnesota and has dozens of biographical sketches of party stalwarts. It is posted here. ... |