James Manahan was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Minnesota

Minnesota

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Manahan was born near Chatfield

Chatfield, Minnesota

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 in Fillmore County, Minnesota

Fillmore County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 21,122 people, 8,228 households, and 5,718 families residing in the county. The population density was 24 people per square mile . There were 8,908 housing units at an average density of 10 per square mile...

, and graduated from the Normal School of Winona, Minnesota

Winona, Minnesota

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 in 1886. For two years, he worked as a school teacher in Graceville

Graceville, Minnesota

At the 2000 census, there were 605 people, 257 households and 149 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,007.7 per square mile . There were 283 housing units at an average density of 471.4 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.50% White, 0.17% Native...

. He later attended law school at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and eventually earned his law degree from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1889. Having been admitted to the bar the same year, he began practicing law in St. Paul, later relocating his practice to Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

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 in 1895. He moved back to Minneapolis in 1905, and practiced law there until 1912, when he was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

 Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1914, and resumed his law practice. He died in St. Paul in 1932.