William I. Nolan

William Ignatius Nolan ( born May 14, 1874 in Saint Paul, Minnesota; † August 3, 1943 in Winona, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1929 and 1933 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1877, William Nolan moved with his parents to Minneapolis. There he attended the public schools. Between 1891 and 1896 he served in the National Guard of Minnesota. He was also known as a reciter and humorist. Nolan opted for a career in politics and became a member of the Republican Party. From 1903 to 1923 he sat several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Minnesota, which he was president 1919-1923.

From 1925 to 1929 Nolan served as Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. He was Deputy Governor Theodore Christianson. In this capacity he was also chairman of the 1927 Reforestation Commission of Minnesota. After the 1929 made ​​resignation of Congressman Walter Newton, who had been appointed private secretary to President Herbert C. Hoover, Nolan was elected at the election due in the fifth electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1930 he was able to implement his mandate in Washington DC exercise until 3 March 1933. At this time the 20th Amendment was passed, which shortened the time between the Congress and presidential elections and the beginning of the respective terms of office.

In the 1932 elections William Nolan lost to Magnus Johnson. In the years 1934, 1936 and 1938, he competed unsuccessfully for his party's nomination for the respective congressional elections. In the meantime, he worked as a reciter again. In 1942 he was appointed railroad and warehouse commissioner of the state government of Minnesota. A post he held until his death on August 3, 1943.