Ignatius Donnelly Candidate

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Born: November 3, 1831
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
United States
Resided: Nininger, Minnesota
Dakota County
Death: January 1, 1901
Gender: Man
Occupation: Attorney
Military Service: Enlistment Officer, Dakota War of 1862 (1862).
Political Party: Republican; Union Republican; Independent Republican; Democrat; Greenback; Democrat-Greenback; People's; Farmers' Alliance; Democrat-People's
Offices Held: Minnesota Lieutenant Governor (1860-1863). U.S. Representative: CD 02 (1863-1869). State Senator: SD 20 (1874-1879); SD 24 (1891-1895). State Representative: HD 25 (1887-1889); HD 24 (1897-1899).
Notes: Donnelly later became a world-famous author of works like "Atlantis" and "Ragnarock." He also was a newspaper publisher and founder (The Anti-Monopolist, The Representative).
Sources: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The Irish Standard, January 5, 1901 (p. 4).
Drawing of Ignatius Donnelly
Drawing of Ignatius Donnelly
The Irish Standard, January 5, 1901 (p. 3).

Election Details

Number of state/federal offices sought Number of campaigns Number of winning campaigns
6 18 7
Date Election Stage Party Votes Percent Result
11/03/1896 State House, District 24 General Democrat-People's 2,353 29.26% Won
01/23/1895 U.S. Senate General People's 13 7.78% Lost
11/06/1894 State Senate, District 24 General People's 1,183 27.39% Lost
11/08/1892 Governor General People's 39,863 15.58% Lost
11/04/1890 State Senate, District 24 General Farmers' Alliance 1,647 41.37% Won
11/06/1888 State House, District 25 General People's 1,924 23.21% Lost
11/04/1884 U.S. House, District 03 General Democrat 15,038 46.88% Lost
11/06/1883 Governor General Write-In 79 0.06% Lost
11/05/1878 U.S. House, District 03 General Democrat-Greenback 17,929 46.08% Lost
11/07/1876 U.S. House, District 02 General Greenback 2,879 7.65% Lost
01/17/1871 U.S. Senate Special Democrat 1 1.67% Lost
11/08/1870 U.S. House, District 02 General Democrat 14,491 45.78% Lost
11/03/1868 U.S. House, District 02 General Independent Republican 11,265 33.67% Lost
11/06/1866 U.S. House, District 02 General Republican 12,022 60.77% Won
11/08/1864 U.S. House, District 02 General Union Republican 10,874 56.87% Won
11/04/1862 U.S. House, District 02 General Republican 6,926 58.11% Won
11/05/1861 Lieutenant Governor General Republican 16,089 60.45% Won
10/11/1859 Lieutenant Governor General Republican 20,917 54.21% Won

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