1980
1980
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Historical Record Date
1980
Source Name
Ramsey County Historical Society
1980
1980
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Historical Record Date
1980
Source Name
Ramsey County Historical Society
Jun 01, 1974
2203 Scudder St, St Paul, MN
Andrew R. McGill was one of the most active and prominent Minnesota political figures from 1865 until his death in 1905. McGill came from the "home of Minnesota governors", St. Peter, where he served as a newspaper editor, as superintendent of schools in Nicollet County, and as a District Court clerk. In May of 1869, he was admitted to the bar by Judge Horace Austin, and when, a year later. Judge Austin became governor, McGill was appointed his private secretary. In 1873 he was appointed by Governor Austin to the office of the insurance commissioner, a post which he filled for thirteen years by appointment of the successive governors, Cushman K. Davis, John S. Pillsbury, and Lucius Hubbard. In 1887, McGill won the governorship over the notorious but popular political boss and off-time mayor of Minneapolis, Dr. A. A. Ames, on the issue of high license fees for saloons, then a new question in Minnesota and the nation. McGill, after taking office, successfully led a move for a high license act (1887) — saloon licenses were put at $1,000 in cities of 10,000 or over. This law subsequently became a model for other states. One of the chief crusaders against the saloon was the Catholic prelate Archbishop John Ireland, and the rather close election of McGill has been ascribed largely to his efforts. After achieving the legislation, he favored, McGill was not rewarded by reelection. From 1899 to 1905 McGill served in the Minnesota state senate. In 1900, by suspension of the presidential rule, he was appointed postmaster of St. Paul, thus holding a state and federal office at the same time.
2203 Scudder St, St Paul, MN
Andrew R. McGill was one of the most active and prominent Minnesota political figures from 1865 until his death in 1905. McGill came from the "home of Minnesota governors", St. Peter, where he served as a newspaper editor, as superintendent of schools in Nicollet County, and as a District Court clerk. In May of 1869, he was admitted to the bar by Judge Horace Austin, and when, a year later. Judge Austin became governor, McGill was appointed his private secretary. In 1873 he was appointed by Governor Austin to the office of the insurance commissioner, a post which he filled for thirteen years by appointment of the successive governors, Cushman K. Davis, John S. Pillsbury, and Lucius Hubbard. In 1887, McGill won the governorship over the notorious but popular political boss and off-time mayor of Minneapolis, Dr. A. A. Ames, on the issue of high license fees for saloons, then a new question in Minnesota and the nation. McGill, after taking office, successfully led a move for a high license act (1887) — saloon licenses were put at $1,000 in cities of 10,000 or over. This law subsequently became a model for other states. One of the chief crusaders against the saloon was the Catholic prelate Archbishop John Ireland, and the rather close election of McGill has been ascribed largely to his efforts. After achieving the legislation, he favored, McGill was not rewarded by reelection. From 1899 to 1905 McGill served in the Minnesota state senate. In 1900, by suspension of the presidential rule, he was appointed postmaster of St. Paul, thus holding a state and federal office at the same time.
Jun 01, 1974
Posted Date
Jan 28, 2022
Historical Record Date
Jun 01, 1974
Source Name
United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service
