David Olmsted

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David Olmsted (May 5, 1822 – February 2, 1861) was the first mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Career

He was born in Fairfax, Vermont and spent many years as a trader with the Winnebago Indians near Fort Atkinson, Iowa and at Long Prairie, Minnesota in 1848 before settling in St. Paul in 1853. Olmsted served in the first Iowa Constitutional Convention of 1846; he then served in the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in the Minnesota Territorial Council in 1849 and 1851. He also edited the Minnesota Democrat, a frontier newspaper. After the city's charter was written in 1854, he was elected the city's first mayor and served one term. He was replaced by Alexander Ramsey. His wife was named Stevens, they had two children. He left Minnesota because of failing health, dying at his mother's house in Vermont.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Legacy

Olmsted County, Minnesota, is named in his honor.^[4]

References

↑ Upham, Warren. 2001. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. 3rd ed. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, p. 413.
↑ Williams, John Fletcher. 1880: Memoir of Hon. David Olmsted. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
↑ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present-David Olmsted
↑ History of Olmsted County

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Biography

Persondata
Name	Olmsted, David
Alternative names
Short description	First mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Date of birth	May 5, 1822
Place of birth	Fairfax, Vermont
Date of death	February 2, 1861
Place of death

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