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  Hall, Darwin Scott
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1915-01-10  
 
NameDarwin Scott Hall
Address
Buffalo Lake, Minnesota , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born January 23, 1844
DiedFebruary 23, 1919 (75 years)
ContributorThe Oncoming Storm
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Feb 14, 2024 02:47am
Tags Army -
InfoHouse 1876 (District 34)
Senate 1887-90 (District 47)
Senate 1907-10 (District 22)

EDUCATION
Markham Academy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Secondary
Elgin Academy, Illinois; Secondary

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Military Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company K, 42nd Regiment (United States Civil War, Private) ??/??/186? to ??/??/18??

County Auditor Renville County, Minnesota ??/??/1869 to ??/??/1873

U.S. Representative 3rd Congressional District, Minnesota Elected 03/04/1889 to 03/03/1891

U.S. Executive Branch United States Chippewa Indian Commission (Chair) Appointed ??/??/1891 to ??/??/1893

U.S. Executive Branch United States Chippewa Indian Commission Appointed ??/??/1897 to ??/??/????

State Board/Commission/Council Minnesota State Agricultural Society, Board of Managers ??/??/1905 to ??/??/1910

HALL, Darwin Scott, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Mound Prairie, Wheatland Township, Kenosha County, Wis., January 23, 1844; moved with his parents to Waukaw, Winnebago County, in 1847, thence to Grand Rapids, Wis., in 1856; attended the common schools, the local academy at Elgin, Ill., and Markham’s Academy, Milwaukee, Wis.; served as a private in Company K, Forty-second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War; settled near Birch Cooley, Renville County, Minn., in 1866 and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1868; auditor of Renville County 1869-1873; clerk of the district court 1873-1878; member of the State house of representatives in 1876; editor of the Renville Times, which he founded in 1876; register of the United States land office at Benson, Minn., 1878-1886; served in the State senate in 1886; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; appointed chairman of the Chippewa Indian Commission by President Harrison in 1891 and served until 1893 and again in 1897; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892; member of the board of managers of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society 1905-1910; again a member of the State senate in 1906; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Olivia, Renville County, Minn., until his death there on February 23, 1919; interment in Olivia Cemetery.

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  11/06/1906 MN State Senate 22 Won 59.16% (+18.31%)
  11/06/1894 MN State Senate 42 Lost 49.07% (-1.85%)
  11/04/1890 MN - District 03 Lost 37.53% (-12.98%)
  11/06/1888 MN District 03 Won 51.34% (+7.64%)
  11/02/1886 MN State Senate 47 Won 68.96% (+37.91%)
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