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    McSpadden, William G. "Wm. G."

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1877 (District 1)

    Party when first elected:  Republican

    Counties Served:  Houston

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: ??/??/1827
    Birth Place:
    Birth County: Down
    Birth Country: Ireland
    Date of Death:
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names: Wm. G.
    City of Residence (when first elected): Houston
    Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

    EDUCATION

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    Military: United States Army (Mackinaw, Musician; Mexico War, Battles of Contreras, Cherubusco, Molina del Rey, Chapultepec, and Mexico City; Jefferson Barracks); 1844 to 1849
    Military: 8th missouri infantry (United States Civil War, Army of the Cumberland, 3 years); 186? to 186?
    Military: Minneosta (Organized the First Military Company in Houston County, Governor Ramsey Rejected Them); 1861 to 1861

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Married
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He moved to Niagara Falls, New York around 1829, with his parents. They moved to Lewiston around 1831. He lived in Illinois for 6 months around 1849, then moved to Menasha, Wisconsin around 1850. He moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1852 He came to Huston County in the Red River Valley, Minnesota in 1852. He went to Colorado to search for gold, then returned to Minnesota in 1859.

    "He styles himself a straight-haired Republican, and was at the birth of the party." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 45)

    Total Days Served: 371

    SESSIONS SERVED

    19th Legislative Session (1877)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1877
    Body: House
    District: 01
    Elected: 11/7/1876
    Residence: Houston
    Term of Office: 1/2/1877 to 1/7/1878
    Oath Date: 1/2/1877
    Counties Represented: Houston
    Occupation: Farmer
    Party: Republican Party Notes: "He styles himself a straight-haired Republican, and was at the birth of the party." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 45)
    Committees:
    • Banks
    • Military Affairs (Chair)

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