Freeman Tulley Knowles was a U.S.

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 Populist

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 politician

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He was born in Harmony, Maine

Harmony, Maine

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. He was elected as a Populist to the United States House of Representatives

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 from South Dakota

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 in 1896 and served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He died in Deadwood, South Dakota

Deadwood, South Dakota

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Knowles was a Civil War veteran and attorney before being elected to Congress. On settling in Deadwood, he started a socialist newspaper, The Lantern, and was jailed on several occasions for writing on topics like miner's union

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s and abortion

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