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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MinnesotaDONNELLY, Ignatius
(1831—1901)
DONNELLY, Ignatius, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Philadelphia, Pa., November 3, 1831; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Philadelphia; moved to Minnesota in 1857 and settled in Nininger, Dakota County; engaged in literary pursuits; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1859-1863; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress and for election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress; member of the State senate 1874-1878; resumed the practice of law; also engaged in literary pursuits; was nominated by the People’s Party in 1892 for Vice President of the United States; died in Minneapolis, Minn., on January 1, 1901; interment in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1912.
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Donnelly, Ignatius. The American People’s Money
. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1895, No. 141 of The Pastime Series
. Reprint, Westport, Conn.: Hyperion Press, 1976.
—-. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1882. Reprint, [Alexandria, VA]: Time-Life Books, 1991.
—-. Caesar’s Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
. Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, [1890]. Reprint, introduced and edited by Nicholas Ruddick. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2003.
—-. The cipher in the plays, and on the tombstone
. London: S. Low, Marston & Company Limited, [1900].
—-. Contested election of Donnelly vs. Washburn
. [N.p., 1879].
—-. The Destruction of Atlantis: Ragnarok, or, The Age of Fire and Gravel
. New York: D. Appleton, 1883. Reprint, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2004.
—-. Doctor Huguet
. 1891. Reprint, New York: Arno Press, 1969.
—-. Donnelliana
. Chicago: F. J. Schulte & Company, [1892].
—-. Freedman’s Bureau: Speech of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 1, 1866
. [Washington: McGill & Witherow, 1866].
—-. The Golden Bottle
. 1892. Reprint, with a new introduction by David W. Noble. New York: Johnson Reprint Corp., 1968.
—-. The Great Cryptogram: Francis Bacon’s Cipher in the So-called Shakespeare Plays
. London: S. Low, Marston, Searly & Rivington, 1888. Reprint, St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1972.
—-. Ignatius Donnelly Papers, 1812-1943
. Helen M. White, editor. [St. Paul]: Minnesota Historical Society, 1966.
—-. Nininger City: A Pamphlet
. Philadelphia: Duross, 1856.
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. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1883. Reprint, introduction by Leslie Shepard. New York: University Books, [1970].
—-. Reform of the Indian system
. [Washington: Towers, printer, 1865].
—-. The Shakespeare myth
. [N.p., 1887?]
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8 (June 1921): 80-132.
—-. Speech of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of Minnesota in favor of the Northern Pacific Railroad: Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 26, 1866
. [Washington: Congressional Globe
Office, 1866].
—-. A Tribute to Lincoln
. [N.p., 1942].
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6 (March 1969): 10-14+.
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. Saint Paul: The Pioneer Press Co., 1888.
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—-. “Ignatius Donnelly and the Granger Movement in Minnesota.” Mississippi Valley History Review
42 (March 1956): 693-709.
—-. “Ignatius Donnelly and the Greenback Movement.” Mid-America
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. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 1968.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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