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Date(s)
- 1911-1973 (Creation)
Extent
0.42 linear feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Davis “J.D.” Sullivan was born in 1862 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Elizabeth M. Schmidt in 1886, they had four children. J.D. served as a county attorney for Stearns County until his election to Minnesota District 45 in 1911. He served for twenty years in the Minnesota state senate, until 1931. John Sullivan died in 1933. Henry Holland Sullivan, the son of John D. Sullivan, was born in 1889. He married to Hazel J. Brown in 1913, until her death in 1841. By 1940, Henry was remarried to Ruth L. Henry was elected to the Minnesota state senate in 1935 and serve until 1955. Henry Sullivan died in 1959.
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Scope and content
The Sullivan papers consist of the papers of two Minnesota state representatives newspaper clippings about the activities of these men and their time in office, and political advertisements. The majority of the items date between 1911 and 1954. The collection consists of four folders: a biography, newspaper clippings, political advertisements, and obituary and memoriam.
System of arrangement
This collection was left in the original order. The four folders are in numerical order.
Records are located at 37D.2f.
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There are no access retrictions.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Permission to publish, quote, and reproduce must be secured from the copyright holder.
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- English
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Archivist's note
These records were reprocessed by Hannah Plachecki in September 2014.