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Marcus Daly (politics)

Marcus Daly was an American Republican Party politician, who served on the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders from January 2, 1963 to his death on July 25, 1968, and was a 1964 candidate for the United States House of Representatives.Freeholder Daly was born in Long Branch, New Jersey.He...

Marcus Daly (December 5, 1841 – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three "Copper Kings

Copper Kings

The Copper Kings, industrialists William Andrews Clark, Marcus Daly, and F. Augustus Heinze, were collectively known for the epic battles they fought in Butte, Montana and the surrounding region during the Gilded Age over the control of the local copper mining industry, a fight which had...

" of Butte, Montana

Butte, Montana

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, United States

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Daly emigrated from County Cavan Ireland

Ireland

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 to the United States

United States

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 at the age of fifteen, arriving in New York City

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Daly founded his fortune on the Anaconda Copper Mine in Butte, Montana

Butte, Montana

Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200...

, which he bought with money from various backers, including George Hearst

George Hearst

George Hearst was a wealthy American businessman and United States Senator, and the father of newspaperman William Randolph Hearst.-Early life and education:...

 (father of William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst

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) in 1880.