Biography

Lawler was born Daniel William Lawler on March 28, 1859 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

Prairie du Chien is a city in and the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,911 at the 2010 census. Its Zip Code is 53821....

. He would become a lawyer

Lawyer

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. Lawler passed away on September 15, 1926. He was Roman Catholic.

Political career

Lawler was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota

Minnesota

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 1892, losing to Knute Nelson

Knute Nelson

Knute Nelson was an Norwegian American politician. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the 12th Governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S...

. He was Mayor of Saint Paul from 1908 to 1910. In 1912, he ran for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 from Minnesota, losing once again to Nelson. He also unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 1916, losing to future United States Secretary of State

United States Secretary of State

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 Frank B. Kellogg

Frank B. Kellogg

Frank Billings Kellogg was an American lawyer, politician and statesman who served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of State. He co-authored the Kellogg-Briand Pact, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1929..- Biography :Kellogg was born in Potsdam, New York, and his family...

. Lawler was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Convention

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that year.