Saint Paul is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River,Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center of Minnesota's government. The Minnesota State Capitol and the state government offices all sit on a hill close to the city's downtown district. One of the oldest cities in Minnesota,Saint Paul has several historic neighborhoods and landmarks,such as the Summit Avenue Neighborhood,the James J. Hill House,and the Cathedral of Saint Paul. Like the nearby and larger city of Minneapolis,Saint Paul is known for its cold,snowy winters and humid summers.
Harold Edward Stassen was an American politician who was the 25th Governor of Minnesota. He was a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1948,considered for a time to be the front-runner. He thereafter regularly continued to run for that and other offices,such that his name became most identified with his status as a perennial candidate.
Dwight May Sabin was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from Minnesota and in the Minnesota Legislature. He is known for the business ventures of Seymour,Sabin &Co. and the Northwestern Car Company,highly successful enterprises dependent on the highly profitable prison labor contracts he had negotiated with the Minnesota State Government in the 1870s. His election to federal office,in 1883,came following an infamous prolonged dead-lock in the Minnesota State Senate,during which incumbent Senator William Windom failed of re-election following "the worst campaign in the known history of the state."
The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States. It is led by an archbishop who administers the archdiocese from the cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The archbishop has both a cathedral and co-cathedral:the mother church,the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Saint Paul and the co-cathedral,the Basilica of Saint Mary in Minneapolis.
Addison Gardner Foster was an American businessman and politician who was prominent in Minnesota and Washington. A Republican,he was most notable for his service as a United States senator from Washington for one term,1899 to 1905.
Minneapolis is the largest city in Minnesota and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water,with thirteen lakes,wetlands,the Mississippi River,creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul,the state capital of Minnesota.
The Fast Mail was a train service operated by the Chicago,Milwaukee,St. Paul and Pacific Railroad on an overnight schedule between Chicago,Illinois,and Minneapolis,Minnesota. The southbound trains were Milwaukee Road train Nos. 56 and 58,and the northbound trains were train Nos. 55 and 57. In its early years,this train service helped earn the Milwaukee Road's line the nickname "The Fast Mail Line." In 1924,the Fast Mail was the target of the largest train robbery in U.S. history. The Fast Mail was discontinued with train 56's arrival in Chicago on May 1,1971.
Oscar Gardner was an American bantamweight and featherweight boxer known as the Omaha Kid. He was a top contender for the Featherweight Championship of the World and the Featherweight Champion of America,though he never won any awards or titles;many claim this was due to poor refereeing. Gardner was small but unusually strong,tough in the ring but "quiet,affable...,gifted with a winning personality,who made friends easily" when not boxing. During his career,he fought between 537 and 547 battles.
The St. Paul Globe,at times the Saint Paul Globe,the Daily Globe,St. Paul Daily Globe,was a newspaper in Saint Paul,Minnesota,which was published from January 15,1878,to April 20,1905. The newspaper's existence coincided with a fivefold increase in the city's population.
Socrates Nelson was an American businessman,politician,and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota state senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner,lumberman,and real estate speculator and was associated with numerous companies in the insurance and rail industries. He was involved in the establishment of the community of Stillwater,Minnesota and was an early member of the first Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in Minnesota. He served on the University of Minnesota's first board of regents before being elected to the Minnesota Senate.
George Hinckley Lyman was an American political figure who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican state committee and collector of customs for the port of Boston.
Carlos Avery (1868–1930),was an American newspaper publisher and politician in the state of Minnesota. Avery is best remembered as a long time chief of the Minnesota Game and Fish Commission and was named the first Commissioner of the Game and Fish Commission when that position was created in August 1915. He is the namesake of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in that state.
The 2018 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6,to elect the 41st Governor of Minnesota as incumbent Democratic governor Mark Dayton chose not to run for re-election for a third term. The Democratic nominee was congressman Tim Walz from Minnesota's 1st congressional district while the Republicans nominated Hennepin County commissioner Jeff Johnson. The Independence Party of Minnesota didn't field a candidate for the first time since 1994. Going into the election the polls showed Walz ahead and the race was characterized as lean or likely DFL.
Jay Elijah Nash was an American Civil War veteran,farmer,businessman,and politician who was one of the founders of the Socialist Party of Minnesota,served as its State Secretary from 1904 to 1912,and ran as the Socialist nominee for Governor of Minnesota in 1902 and 1904,and for Minnesota State Treasurer in 1912 and 1914.
The Duluth,Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&N) was a railroad company in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It was one of the earliest iron ore hauling railroads of the area,said to have built the largest iron ore docks in the world,and later was one of the constituent railroads in the merger that formed the Duluth,Missabe and Iron Range Railway.
Sarah Tarleton Colvin was an American nurse and women's rights advocate who served as the national president of the National Woman's Party in 1933. Jailed for her activism while picketing the White House in 1918 and 1919,Colvin later wrote her autobiography about the suffrage movement and her nursing career.
The 1890 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 4,1890,to elect members to the Senate of the 27th and 28th Minnesota Legislatures.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota will be held on November 8,2022,to elect the eight U.S. representatives from the state of Minnesota,one from each of the state's eight congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
A mayoral election was held on November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of the U.S. city of Minneapolis. Incumbent DFL mayor Jacob Frey won reelection to a second term,becoming the first Minneapolis mayor to win a second term since R. T. Rybak in 2005. Minneapolis mayoral elections use instant-runoff voting,also known as ranked-choice voting. All candidates appear on the same ballot and there is no primary election,nor is there a runoff. Minneapolis's twin city,Saint Paul,also held a mayoral election on the same day,using the same system.
