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Martin Maginnis | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMontana Territory'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885 (Delegate) | |
| Preceded by | William H. Clagett |
| Succeeded by | Joseph K. Toole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1841-10-27)October 27, 1841 |
| Died | March 27, 1919(1919-03-27) (aged 77) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Louise E. Mann Maginnis |
| Profession | Politician,soldier,Publisher,Editor,Miner |
Martin Maginnis (October 27, 1841 – March 27, 1919) was a nineteenth-century politician, soldier, publisher, editor and miner fromMinnesota and theMontana Territory.
Maginnis was born in 1841 on his family's farm nearPultneyville,Wayne County, New York, to Patrick and Winnifred Devine Maginnis.[1] His parents came fromIreland, his father fromCounty Clare and his mother fromGalway, and they met and married inLiverpool, England.[1] After mixed success in business, Patrick and Winifred Maginnis immigrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wayne County, New York.[1] Patrick worked as a contractor on the New York Central Railway. In 1851, the Maginnis family moved west toLaSalle, Illinois where Patrick worked on the Illinois Central railroad.[1][2] The family next moved to Goodhue Township nearRed Wing, Minnesota in 1853.[2] Young Maginnis pursued an education in the public schools and in Minnesota he attendedHamline University, but left early to take charge of aDemocratic newspaper.[3][4] Maginnis had come to knowWilliam Wallace Phelps, a lawyer and part owner of theRed Wing Sentinel newspaper, andWilliam J. Colvill, the first editor of theSentinel.[5] Colvill took young Maginnis under his wing, liberally sharing his library with him and enjoying together the abundant hunting and fishing in the area.[5] By early 1861 Maginnis owned theRed Wing Sentinel, while Phelps edited.[6]
At the outbreak of theCivil War, he enlisted as aprivate in the1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1861. Maginnis was promoted tofirst lieutenant in 1862, tocaptain in 1863 and tomajor of the11th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1864. He was ordered to join theArmy of the Cumberland where he served under the command ofGeneralGeorge H. Thomas until being mustered out along with his regiment in 1865.
After the War, he moved toHelena, Montana with his brothers in 1866 where he engaged in mining and later in publishing and editing theHelena Daily Gazette. Maginnis was elected aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1872, serving from 1873 to 1885 as the territory's non-voting representative. Afterwards, he was unsuccessful in being elected back to the House of Representatives in 1890, was Commissioner of Mineral Land ofMontana from 1890 to 1893 and presented his credentials as aSenator-designate in 1900 to fill a vacancy, but was not seated. Maginnis moved toLos Angeles, California for health reasons in 1915 where he died ofgangrene of the foot on March 27, 1919. He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery inHelena, Montana.
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