Date of Award

8-1960

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Frank L. Klement

Abstract

Without radio, telephone or TV, Sauk Rapids, the county seat of Benton County, Minnesota, during the struggle for statehood was as politically abreast as any city on the Eastern seaboard. Sauk Rapids on the east bank of the Mississippi had its William H. Wood while across the river St. Cloud had its Jane Grey Swisshelm. Both added a touch of the East to the Minnesota frontier. William H. Wood was a staunch Democrat while his competitor, Jane Grey Swisshelm, was an out spoken member of the newly organized Republican Party. A political vacancy, that of county attorney, was the incident that brought Mr. Wood to the then thriving hamlet of Sauk Rapids in 1851.

Comments

An Essay submitted to the History Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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