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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.

In his memoirs, "Autobiography of Seventy Years," published in 1903, Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts reprinted a lengthy tribute to Davis. ...

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.

He was also on...

Harlan P. Hall: "The Territorial Governors - Ramsey, Gorman and Medary" (1904).

In 1904 Harlan Page Hall (1838-1907), a prominent journalist in St. Paul, published "Observations: Being More or Less a History of Political Contests in Minnesota from 1849 to 1904."

The first chapter of his reminiscences consisted of sketches of the three men who served as Governor of ...

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...