House 1889-90 (District 39); House 1893-94 (District 46); House 1911-14 (District 45); Senate 1915-18 (District 55)
Party when first elected: Independent Republican
Counties Served:
Anoka, Benton, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Todd
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
2/14/1855
Birth Place:
Plumb Bridge
Birth County:
Tyrone
Birth Country:
Ireland
Date of Death:
10/28/1918
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected):
Princeton
Occupation (when first elected):
Publisher, The Princeton Union
EDUCATION
Common Schools, Ireland; Elementary School; About 8 Years, Until He Was 14 Years Old
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Municipal Government:
Princeton, Minnesota (Town Clerk);
1878 to 1889
[Elected]
County Attorney:
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota;
1884 to 1888
[Elected]
State Auditor:
Minnesota;
01/07/1895 to 01/1903
[Elected]
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Lydia McKenzie (married on February 14, 1887)
Children:
Two children: George R. (son), Grace (daughter)
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
Robert G. Dunn
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Grandson
GENERAL NOTES
He was of Scottish ancestry on his mother's side.
He moved to London, England around 1869. He came to the United States in 1870. He settled in Minnesota in 1876.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in a contested 1890 election with E.E. Price.
He ran unsuccessfully as the Republican Party endorsed candidate for Minnesota Governor in the 1904 election.
His brother, Samuel, was a magistrate in Ireland.
He died in Princeton, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.