Ignatius Donnelly
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Ignatius Donnelly , 1831-1901, American author and agrarian reformer, b. Philadelphia. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and in 1856 moved to Minnesota. There he gained political prominence, was lieutenant governor (1859-63), Congressman (1863-69), and a state legislator. Strongly expounding agrarian reform, he was a founder and leader of the Populist party and the author of the ringing preamble to the party platform of 1892. He edited the weekly Anti-Monopolist (1874-79) and the Populist Representative (1894-1901). His many popular works included Atlantis: The Antediluvian World (1882), an erudite but fanciful work on Atlantis ; Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel (1883); two books arguing that Bacon wrote the Shakespearean plays; and a gloomy Utopian novel, Caesar's Column (1891).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
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If Donnelly's not in heaven, check the fair.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/23/2001; Sturdevant, Lori; 637 words
; Byline: Lori Sturdevant; Staff Writer RSEC: + There's something about the mingled smell of pronto pups, animal barns and overflowing trash bins that makes one mindful of Minnesota political history. OK, maybe the State Fair does not have that effect on everyone. But after a couple of decades of
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Hit and myth affair
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ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe; 2/22/1995; 137 words
; Q. How did the Democrats come to be represented by a donkey and the Republicans by an elephant? J.J., Ipswich A. Both cartoon figures were popularized by Thomas Nast in 1874 issues of Harper's Weekly. The symbol of the donkey, considered slightly ridiculous but tough, came from a remark by Ignatius
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FYI; A political star of Minnesota is born.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 11/3/2002; Leehan, Brian; 221 words
; Byline: Brian Leehan; Staff Writer Ignatius Donnelly - lawyer, politician, newspaper publisher, author and all-around Minnesota character - was born Nov. 3, 1831. He arrived in the Minnesota Territory in 1857 and built a home in what is now Nininger Township in Dakota County. He would serve as the
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RETRO; FARM AND LABOR PARTY; Donnelly helped get DFL off to a hopeful, if unsteady, start.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/22/2005; Parker, Dick; 224 words
; Byline: Dick Parker; Staff Writer It was 117 years ago, on Aug. 22, 1888, when the Minnesota Alliance, a farmers' group, met with the Knights of Labor to organize the Farm and Labor Party. The new party nominated Ignatius Donnelly - a former Republican congressman and lieutenant governor, one of
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