| LC control no. | no 90005692 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sabin, Dwight M. (Dwight May), 1843-1902 |
| Variant(s) | Sabin, D. M. (Dwight May), 1843-1902 Sabin, Mr. (Dwight May), 1843-1902 |
| Birth date | 1843-04-25 |
| Death date | 1902-12-22 |
| Place of birth | Marseilles (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Minnesota. Legislature. Senate Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Clerks |
| Found in | Minnesota. Legislature (26th : 1889). House. Report of investigating committees upon charges of bribery ... 1891?: p. 3, etc. (D.M. Sabin; Dwight M. Sabin) MnHi files (hdg: Sabin, Dwight May, 1843-1902) In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1889, 1889: p. 1 (Mr. Sabin) Biographical directory of the United States website, viewed February 29, 2024: (Sabin, Dwight May, a Senator from Minnesota; born near Marseilles, La Salle County, Ill., April 25, 1843; moved to Connecticut with his parents in 1857; attended the country schools and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; employed as a clerk in Washington, D.C.; returned to Connecticut in 1864 and engaged in agricultural pursuits and also the lumber business; moved to Stillwater, Minn., in 1868; engaged in lumbering and the general manufacture of railroad cars and agricultural machinery; member, Minnesota State Senate 1872-1875; served in the State House of Representatives in 1878 and 1881; chairman of the Republican National Committee 1883-1884; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1889; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; chairman, Committee to Examine Branches of the Civil Service (Forty-ninth Congress), Committee on Railroads (Fiftieth Congress); engaged in the coal, lumber, and manufacturing business; died in Chicago, Ill., on December 22, 1902; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Washington County, Minn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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