Mark H. Dunnell

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Mark H. Dunnell

Mark Hill Dunnell (born July 2, 1823 in Buxton , York County , Maine , †  August 9, 1904 in Owatonna , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1891 he twice represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After elementary school, Mark Dunnell studied at Waterville College , now Colby College, until 1849 . He then worked as a teacher in Maine for five years. In 1854 he became a member of the Maine House of Representatives ; a year later he was a member of the State Senate . In 1855 and from 1857 to 1859 he was appointed superintendent with the supervision of the state schools of the state of Maine.

Dunnell joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854, and was a delegate to its first Republican National Convention in 1856 , at which John Charles Frémont was nominated as a candidate for president. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1856, he began working in his new profession in Portland . During the first months of the Civil War he was an officer in the Union Army. He quit military service as early as August 1861. From 1861 to 1862 he was the American consul in Veracruz ( Mexico ).

In 1865 Dunnell moved to Minnesota. There he settled first in Winona and from 1867 in Owatonna. In his new home he continued his political career. In 1867 he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. From 1867 to 1870 he was entrusted with the supervision of the state schools in Minnesota. In the congressional election of 1870 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Morton S. Wilkinson on March 4, 1871 . After five confirmations, he was able to complete six consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . In the meantime, he applied unsuccessfully for election as speaker of this chamber.

In 1882 he decided not to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . In the elections of 1888 Dunnell managed to get back into Congress. There he replaced Thomas Wilson on March 4, 1889 . Since he was not re-elected in 1890, he could only spend one more term in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1891. In 1904, Dunnell was once again a delegate to the Federal Republican Congress, at which President Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for a second term. Dunnell was the co-founder and curator of the Pillbury Academy . He died in Owatonna on August 9, 1904.

Web links

  • Mark H. Dunnell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)