Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region,the city is a hub for cargo shipping. Commodities shipped from the Port of Duluth include coal,iron ore,grain,limestone,cement,salt,wood pulp,steel coil,and wind turbine components. Duluth is south of the Iron Range and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County,Georgia,United States. Located north of Interstate 85,it is approximately 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Atlanta.
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a public university in Duluth,Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and offers 17 bachelor's degrees in 87 majors,graduate programs in 24 different fields,and a two-year program at the School of Medicine and a four-year College of Pharmacy program.
Charles Hinman Graves was an American army officer,politician,and diplomat.
James Proctor Knott was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky,he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career there. He served as Missouri Attorney General from 1859 to 1861,when he resigned rather than swear an oath of allegiance to the federal government just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Duluth News Tribune is a newspaper based in Duluth,Minnesota. While circulation is heaviest in the Twin Ports metropolitan area,delivery extends into northeastern Minnesota,northwestern Wisconsin,and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The paper has a limited distribution in Thunder Bay,Ontario. The News Tribune has been owned by Forum Communications since 2006.
Chester Adgate Congdon was a lawyer and capitalist. He was a prominent figure in the development of the mining industry in northern Minnesota,and served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1909 until 1913. The Congdon name is indelibly linked with the Glensheen Historic Estate in Duluth,Minnesota.
Clarence R. Magney was an American attorney,lawyer,and jurist who served as the mayor of Duluth from 1917 to 1920 and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1943 to 1953.
On June 15,1920,three African-American (Black) circus workers,Elias Clayton,Elmer Jackson,and Isaac McGhie,suspects in an assault case,were taken from the jail and lynched by a White mob of thousands in Duluth,Minnesota. Rumors had circulated that six Black men had raped and robbed a nineteen-year-old White woman. A physician who examined her found no physical evidence of rape.
Samuel Frisby Snively was the mayor of Duluth,Minnesota from 1921–1937. His legacy as mayor is largely remembered for the effort he put into the creation of numerous parks and boulevards throughout the city,particularly Seven Bridges Road and Skyline Parkway. He remains the longest running mayor in Duluth's history.
Brian John Coyle was an American community leader,elected official,and gay activist. Coyle was one of the founders of the alternative newspaper Hundred Flowers.
Gary Doty is an American politician from Duluth,Minnesota,and a former mayor of that city.
Don Ness is an American politician who served as the 38th Mayor of Duluth,Minnesota from 2008 to 2016. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
Herbert William Bergson was an American politician who was the mayor of Duluth,Minnesota,and Superior,Wisconsin,the only person to have served as mayor in both cities.
Benjamin Boo Jr. was an American politician in the state of Minnesota. He served as the 33rd mayor of Duluth from 1967 to 1975,and as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 8B from 1984 to 1993.
Roger Jonathon Reinert is an American politician,mayor-elect of Duluth,Minnesota,and member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL). He served in the Minnesota House from 2009 to 2011 and the Minnesota Senate from 2011 to 2017.
Charles E. d'Autremont,Jr. was a mayor of Duluth,Minnesota. He was an attorney by profession,active in the Democratic Party,and pursued the exploitation of copper and iron mineral resources.
Emily Larson is an American politician and the current mayor of Duluth,Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.
William Nettleton was a 19th-century American pioneer and Minnesota politician,who has often been considered a founder of Duluth. A Democrat,he represented the Arrowhead Region in the Minnesota House of Representatives during the 2nd Minnesota Legislature.
Peter Allen Stauber is an American politician,former professional hockey player,and retired law enforcement officer from Minnesota serving as the United States representative for Minnesota's 8th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,Stauber has represented the district since 2019.
