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William Rainey Marshall

American politician (1825-1896)
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William Rainey Marshall
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Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
October 17, 1825
Date of death
January 8, 1896
Place of birth
Columbia
Place of death
Pasadena
Country of citizenship
United States[7]
Occupation
politician
Position held
Governor of Minnesota, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, member of the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives[8][9][10]
Religion or worldview
The New Church[11]
Member of political party
Republican Party, Democratic Party[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Marshall[15]
Given name
William[16]
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
Place of burial
Oakland Cemetery[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Marshall en William Rainey Marshall en Willian Rainey Marshall ar ويليام مارشال it William R. Marshall ja ウィリアム・レイニー・マーシャル zh 威廉·雷尼·马歇尔 zh-hant 威廉·雷尼·馬歇爾
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000031376896
VIAF cluster ID
48072227
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n80145633
GND ID
1196630321
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp02260064
FAST ID
63699
Find a Grave memorial ID
5995173
Freebase ID
/m/01l9bq
GeneaStar person ID
marshallw
Geni profile ID
6000000017369982548
Minnesota legislator ID
13894
National Governors Association biography URL
www.nga.org
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Our Campaigns candidate ID
35000
Political Graveyard politician ID
marshall.html#041.11.99
Prabook ID
1091899, 1932210
SNAC ARK ID
w6b56kcw
WikiTree person ID
Marshall-8051
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyCHX8vBWBjqJkcCjKGHC
Yale LUX ID
person/57b38b25-8087-40be-82d3-6bb371bf7f70

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🔗 Connections
Member of political party 2
Republican Party, Democratic Party
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Named after 1
Marshall County
Occupation 1
politician
Place of birth 1
Columbia
Place of death 1
Pasadena
Position held 1
Governor of Minnesota
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

William Rainey Marshall was born on October 17, 1825[1], in Columbia[2]. He died on January 8, 1896[3], in Pasadena[4]. He worked as a politician[5].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for William Rainey Marshall include Marshall County[19], a county of Minnesota[20], in United States[21], founded in 1879[22].

Why It Matters

Entities named for William Rainey Marshall include Marshall County[19], a county of Minnesota[20], in United States[21], founded in 1879[22].

FAQs

Where was William Rainey Marshall born?

William Rainey Marshall was born in Columbia[2].

Where did William Rainey Marshall die?

William Rainey Marshall died in Pasadena[4].

What did William Rainey Marshall do for work?

William Rainey Marshall worked as a politician[5].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . St. Paul Globe. newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . Find a Grave. newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . St. Paul Globe. newspapers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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