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Martin Maginnis Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Montana Territory's At-large districtIn office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885Preceded by William H. Clagett Succeeded by Joseph K. Toole Personal details Born October 27, 1841
Pultneyville, New York, USADied March 27, 1919 (aged 77)
Los Angeles, California, USAPolitical party Democratic Spouse(s) Louise E. Mann Maginnis Profession Politician, Publisher, Editor, Miner Martin Maginnis (October 27, 1841 – March 27, 1919) was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory.
Biography
Born near Pultneyville, New York to Patrick and Winnifred Devine Maginnis, Maginnis moved to Goodhue Township near Red Wing, Minnesota with his parents in 1852. He pursued an academic course and attended Hamline University, but left early to take charge of a Democratic newspaper. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1861. Maginnis was promoted to first lieutenant in 1862, to captain in 1863 and to major of the 11th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1864. He was ordered to join the Army of the Cumberland where he served under the command of General George H. Thomas until being mustered out along with his regiment in 1865. Afterwards, he moved to Helena, Montana with his brothers in 1866 where he engaged in mining and later in publishing and editing the Helena Daily Gazette. Maginnis was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1885. Afterwards, was unsuccessful in being elected back to the House of Representatives in 1890, was Commissioner of Mineral Land of Montana from 1890 to 1893 and presented his credentials as a Senator-designate in 1900 to fill a vacancy, but was not seated. Maginnis moved to Los Angeles, California for health reasons in 1915 where he died of gangrene of the foot on March 27, 1919. He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery in Helena, Montana.
External links
- Martin Maginnis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- "Martin Maginnis". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15577262. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- Martin Maginnis at the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Preceded by
William H. ClagettDelegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Montana Territory's At-large congressional district
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885Succeeded by
Joseph K. TooleMembers of the United States House of Representatives from Montana Territorial (1865-1889) One At-large seat (1889-1913) Two At-large seats (1913-1919) SeatSeatDistricts (1919-1993) 1st district2nd districtOne At-large seat (1993-present) Categories:- 1841 births
- 1919 deaths
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Montana Territory
- Union Army officers
- 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- American newspaper editors
- American miners
- Hamline University alumni
- People from Wayne County, New York
- People from Los Angeles, California
- People of Minnesota in the American Civil War
- Montana Democrats
- Deaths from gangrene
- Montana politician stubs
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