lieutenant death_date birth_date term_end death_place imagesize profession order term_start spouse image name caption predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
thomas h. armstrong 8 january 1896 17 october 1825 january 9 , 1870 pasadena , california , u.s. 210px banker , farmer 5th january 8 , 1866 abby langford wrmarshall.jpg william rainey marshall william rainey marshall stephen miller columbia , missouri , u.s. republican governor of minnesota horace austin swedenborgian william rainey marshall

william rainey marshall

he was born in columbia , missouri .
marshall first settled in illinois and wisconsin , where he mined for lead and surveyed land .
he was elected to served in the wisconsin state assembly in the 1st wisconsin legislature in 1848 as a democrat , but his seat was unsuccessfully contested by joseph bowron , because his home in st. croix falls was on the west -lrb- minnesota territory -rrb- side of the new state line .
in 1849 he crossed the st. croix river to settle in st. paul , soon home of his fledgling hardware business .
he served a term in the first minnesota territorial legislature , and his reputation grew when he served as chairman of the convention that founded the state 's republican party .
the one-time banker , dairy farmer , stock-raiser , and newspaper publisher volunteered to fight in both the civil war and the dakota war of 1862 .
he enlisted as a private in the 8th minnesota and was quickly appointed lieutenant colonel of the 7th minnesota on august 28 , 1862 .
he fought in many of the battles of the dakota war being promoted to colonel of his regiment on november 6 , 1863 .
marshall and his regiment were transferred to andrew jackson smith 's command in missouri and took part in the pursuit of sterling price .
smith 's command was attached to george h. thomas ' army outside nashville .
when colonel sylvester g. hill was killed the first day of the battle of nashville , colonel marshall took command of hill 's brigade and led it throughout the rest of the battle .
he continued in brigade command when transferred to mobile , alabama to take part in the battle of fort blakely .
colonel marshall was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers , dated march 13 , 1865 .
marshall won the 1865 and 1867 gubernatorial elections .
as governor , he repeatedly urged passage of a black suffrage amendment .
after defeating it twice , the legislature finally adopted the amendment and inspired marshall to declare that the `` free young state of minnesota '' is `` now altogether free . ''
during william marshall 's administration , his adoptive state experienced a post-civil-war surge of growth and development : its population doubled to 350,000 , its railroad mileage quadrupled , and its commercial endeavors flourished .
after leaving office , marshall remained active in both the private and public sectors as an attorney , banker , and as a railroad and land commissioner .
he was a partner in a law firm with jude kerr and robertson howard while residing in st. paul , but subsequent commercial ventures faltered , as did his health .
he moved to california in 1894 and died there two years later .
marshall county , minnesota and the city of marshall , minnesota were named after him .
